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Fri 8 Apr 2022

Ambition

Posted by PJ under ambition, quote of the day, wishing, wonder
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Random quote of the day:

“If you can walk away for days, weeks, or years at a time, it is not an ambition, it’s a wish. Wishes feel good and rarely come true. Ambition, on the other hand, fuels your days and refuses to be ignored. It challenges your sense of self and fulfills your sense of wonder.”

—Stacey Abrams, Minority Leader

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Desus and Mero, Beyoncé, or the Marine Corps Marching Band. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.

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Thu 7 Apr 2022

Enclosed

Posted by PJ under gods, quote of the day, soul, the world
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Random quote of the day:

“The soul is only partly confined to the body, just as God is only partly enclosed in the body of the world.”

—Sendivogius, De Sulphure

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Tue 5 Apr 2022

Myth

Posted by PJ under myth, psychology, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Mythology is ancient psychology and psychology is recent mythology.”

—James Hillman, The Dream and the Underworld

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Fri 1 Apr 2022

Spinsters

Posted by PJ under independent, marriage, quote of the day, single, women
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Random quote of the day:

“Don’t laugh at the spinsters, dear girls, for often very tender, tragic romances are hidden away in the hearts that beat so quietly under the sober gowns, and many silent sacrifices of youth, health, ambition, love itself, make the faded faces beautiful in God’s sight. Even the sad, sour sisters should be kindly dealt with, because they have missed the sweetest part of life, if for no other reason.”

—Louisa May Alcott, Little Women

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Thu 31 Mar 2022

Visions

Posted by PJ under imagination, legends, quote of the day, storytelling, tradition, vision
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Random quote of the day:

“It is hard to tell sometimes what has been a real vision, and what is tradition, a legend hanging in the air, a “vanity” as our people call it, made use of by a story-teller here and there, or impressing itself as a real experience on some sensitive imaginative mind. For tradition has a large place in “the Book of the People” showing a sowing and re-sowing, a continuity and a new birth as in nature.”

—Lady Gregory, Visions and Beliefs in the West of Ireland

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Wed 30 Mar 2022

Hatred

Posted by PJ under aging, hatred, quote of the day, understanding
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Random quote of the day:

“As you get older you understand where things are coming from better, you know maybe why somebody is being a jerk….You know the background of things more so it’s hard to flat out hate things….Hatred is such a luxury for youth.”

—Patton Oswalt, Late Night With Seth Meyers, May 21, 2020

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Fri 25 Mar 2022

Experts

Posted by PJ under experts, explanations, mysteries, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We have come to expect explanations whenever anything mysterious occurs, and there was always an “expert” willing to oblige. No matter how ludicrous the expert’s explanation, we are usually satisfied because we would rather be assured that the mystery has been solved then give it a moment’s thought.”

—Patrick Harpur, Daimonic Reality