#sm

the golden eternity is { } ↗

— Jack Kerouac

#god #math #math

Reflection is the lamp of the heart. If it departs, the heart will have no light. ↗

— Imam 'Abdallah ibn 'Alawi al-Haddad

#religion #spirituality #sufism #religion

Hey, Geekoid!" yelled Duncan Dougal, "Why do you read so much? Don't you know how to watch TV? ↗

— Bruce Coville

#education #funny #humor #humour #learning

The thought manifests the word; The word manifests the deed; The deed develops into habit; And habit hardens into character; So watch the thought and its ways with care, And let them spring forth from love Born out of compassion for all beings. As the shadow follows the body, as we think, so we become. ↗

— Juan Mascaró

#compassion #integrity #religion #love

We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think. ↗

— Rod Serling

#twilight-zone #development

Romanticism is the abuse of adjectives ↗

— Alfred de Musset

#romanticism #writing #abuse

Perfectionism is self-abuse of the highest order. ↗

— Anne Wilson Schaef

#work #abuse

I can't count the times that upon telling someone I am vegetarian, he or she responded by pointing out an inconsistency in my lifestyle or trying to find a flaw in an argument I never made. (I have often felt that my vegetarianism matters more to such people than it does to me.) ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#vegetarians #lifestyle

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich. ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#organized-religion #religion #religion

In the spring of 1988, I returned to New Orleans, and as soon as I smelled the air, I knew I was home. It was rich, almost sweet, like the scent of jasmine and roses around our old courtyard. I walked the streets, savoring that long lost perfume. ↗

— Anne Rice

#new-orleans #vampires #rich