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In-existence, the soul’s greatest imposition is its perfection. It is projected as a perfected form of the physical embodiment, an emblem of things, perhaps hyperreal and untouchably perfect as existence. It can not be! The soul in-existence is nothing of perfection. It is raw potential. The soul is nothing but potential. To be specific, the soul is unordered potential! ↗

— Dew Platt

#inspirational-quotes #soul #inspirational

People search for the meaning of life, but this is the easy question: we are born into a world that presents us with many millenia of collected knowledge and information, and all our predecessors ask of us is that we not waste our brief life ignoring the past only to rediscover or reinvent its lessons badly. ↗

— Erik Naggum

#knowledge #inspirational

For, what is order without common sense, but Bedlam’s front parlor? What is imagination without common sense, but the aspiration to out-dandy Beau Brummell with nothing but a bit of faded muslin and a limp cravat? What is Creation without common sense, but a scandalous thing without form or function, like a matron with half a dozen unattached daughters? And God looked upon the Creation in all its delightful multiplicity, and saw that, all in all, it was quite Amiable. ↗

— Vera Nazarian

#aspiration #common-sense #creation #deity #divinity

Nicht an die Güter hänge dein Herz, Die das Leben vergänglich zieren! Wer besitzt, der lerne verlieren, Wer im Glück ist, der lerne den Schmerz! ↗

— Friedrich von Schiller

#inspirational #transcience #wisdom #inspirational

Fantasy elevates ordinary and eternal problems of young people into stories via the language of myth. It turns “No one really knows me” into “I’ve got a secret identity.” It turns “I don’t understand why other people act the way they do” into “I’m trapped in a faerie realm.” It turns “my high school must have been built over the mouth of hell” into “my high school must have been built over the mouth of hell.” There are certain things in life that are glorious, and they are glorious for everyone. There are more that are hard, and they are hard for everyone. We like to see these things retold, but with dragons. ↗

— Erin Bow

#fantasy #inspirational #writing #inspirational

All bowmen are caught between heaven and earth, born to discovery, choosing to love and raise their eyes high to a future that is apparent only through the strength of their hope. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#bows #heaven #inspirational #inspirational

We are the archers with the bows that spring our children forward. Life does not go backward, nor does it tarry in yesterday. It is not a circle, but an arrow. It flies forward with the great express of Love. ↗

— David Paul Kirkpatrick

#bows #inspirational #king-arthur #inspirational

People ask: Why should I care about the ocean? Because the ocean is the cornerstone of earth's life support system, it shapes climate and weather. It holds most of life on earth. 97% of earth's water is there. It's the blue heart of the planet — we should take care of our heart. It's what makes life possible for us. We still have a really good chance to make things better than they are. They won't get better unless we take the action and inspire others to do the same thing. No one is without power. Everybody has the capacity to do something. ↗

— Sylvia A. Earle

#conservation #marine #nature #ocean #sea

To write a book is for all the world like humming a song—be but in tune with yourself, madam, 'tis no matter how high or low you take it. ↗

— Laurence Sterne

#inspiration #writing #inspirational

When I wanted to know something, I wanted it undistorted by somebody else's imperfect knowledge. ↗

— Milton Erickson

#inspirational #knowledge #life #perseverance #inspirational