#your

My conduct with my friends is motivated: each being is, I believe, incapable on his own, of going to the end of being. If he tries, he is submerged within a "private being" which has meaning only for himself. Now there is no meaning for a lone individual: bing alone would of itself reject the "private being" if it saw it as such (if I wish my life to have meaning for me, it is necessary that it have meaning for others: no one would dare give to life a meaning which he alone would perceive, from which life in its entirety would escape, except within himself). At the extreme limit of the "possible", it is true, there is nonsense . . . but only of that which had a prior sense: this is fulguration, even "apotheosis" of nonsense. But I don't attain the extreme limit on my own and, in actual fact, I can't believe the extreme limit attained, for I never remain there. If I had to be the only one having attained it (assuming that I had . . .), it would be as thought it had not occurred. For if there subsisted a satisfaction, as small as I can imagine it to be, it would distance me as much from the extreme limit. I cannot for a moment cease to incite myself to attain the extreme limit, and cannot make a distinction between myself and those with whom I desire to communicate. ~George Bataille, "Inner Experience" pg. 42 ↗

— Georges Bataille

#being #being-yourself #communication #experience #extreme-limit

Writing is not the easiest way to make a living. Your work long hours, usually all by yourself. It is not a way to make money. ↗

— Stephen Ambrose

#easiest way #hours #living #long #make

If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. ↗

— Pietro Aretino

#annoy #neighbors #tell #them #truth

Give yourself something to work toward - constantly. ↗

— Mary Kay Ash

#give #something #toward #work #yourself

If the gooseberry said: 'I haven't the heart to be a real proper gooseberry because if everyone were a gooseberry the world wouldn't continue to exist' this would be a stupid argument and the world would be deprived of a useful fruit. If you are called upon to be a 'gooseberry' in all the senses--pleasant or ludicrous--of the word, you should be one with all your heart and soul, without a backward glance. ↗

— Pierre Ceresole

#inspirational #yourself #inspirational

Caution: These verses may be hazardous to your solemnity. ↗

— Russell Baker

#hazardous #may #solemnity #these #verses

I know none of this seems very believable. It probably doesn't even make sense. But for once in your life, please, I am asking you to trust me. Trust yourself. ↗

— Charles Yu

#trust-yourself #life

Goals help you channel your energy into action. ↗

— Les Brown

#channel #energy #goals #help #into

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face. ↗

— Dave Barry

#combines #down #face #fun #knocking

I’ll not complain about your boring life, if you just leave me to mine ↗

— Elton John

#billy-elliot #musicals #life