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Tue 15 Jun 2021

Forgiveness

Posted by PJ under forgiveness, freedom, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“It took me a long time and most of the world to learn what I know about love and fate and the choices we make, but the heart of it came to me in an instant, while I was chained to a wall and being tortured. I realized, somehow, through the screaming in my mind, that even in that shackled, bloody helplessness, I was still free: free to hate the men who were torturing me, or to forgive them. It doesn’t sound like much, I know. But in the flinch and bite of the chain, when it’s all you have got, that freedom is a universe of possibility. And the choice you make, between hating and forgiving, can become the story of your life.”

—Gregory David Roberts, Shantaram

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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Mon 14 Jun 2021

Memory

Posted by PJ under history, memories, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“History is a people’s memory, and without memory man is demoted to the lower animals.”

—Malcolm X, By Any Means Necessary

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Fri 11 Jun 2021

Secret

Posted by PJ under neurosis, quote of the day, secrets
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Random quote of the day:

“A neurosis is a secret you don’t know you’re keeping.”

—Kenneth Tynan, quoted in The Life of Kenneth Tynan by Kathleen Tynan

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Thu 10 Jun 2021

State

Posted by PJ under government, quote of the day, strength, weakness
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Random quote of the day:

“If the state is strong, it crushes us. If it is weak, we perish.”

—Paul Valéry, History and Politics (tr. D. Folliot and J. Mathews)

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Wed 9 Jun 2021

Energy

Posted by PJ under ancestors, attention, calling, craft, energy, gifts, gods, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Sometimes a god shows up or a deity or a spirit or even an energy. I think that this doesn’t get any play, but it happens. A craft can come and initiate you. Suddenly, you start seeing books about knitting everywhere and you’re like, “Whoa, I am dreaming about knitting,” and sure, that can be backed up by weaving deities and the lineage of grandmother spirits…Energy, whether it be deity or ancestral energy or even a gift can absolutely move into our life in a shocking and overwhelming way, demanding our attention, demanding that we bring our attention to it and that can be very harrowing.”

—Chiron Armand, The Hermit’s Lamp, Episode 102, December 14, 2019

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Tue 8 Jun 2021

Beginner

Posted by PJ under beginnings, mind, possibilities, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities; in the expert’s there are few.”

—Sunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind

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Fri 4 Jun 2021

Spirit

Posted by PJ under mind, quote of the day, spirit
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Random quote of the day:

“The life of the spirit, the veritable life, is intermittent, and only the life of the mind is constant.”

—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Flight to Arras (tr. Lewis Galantière)

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Thu 3 Jun 2021

Scorn

Posted by PJ under cynicism, gods, loathing, quote of the day, virtue
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Random quote of the day:

“The gods granted man great and dazzling virtues that put him in a position to overcome all. But at the same time they granted him a bitterer virtue which makes him scorn afterward everything that can be overcome.”

—Albert Camus, Notebooks 1942-1952 (tr. Justin O’Brien)

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Wed 2 Jun 2021

Programming

Posted by PJ under childhood, conditioning, parents, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Most of our earliest programming comes from our parents. Whether we like it or realize it, we absorb their habits and beliefs at an age when we are under their control and unable to do much about it. Their concerns and values act on us for the better part of our lives, and unless we redefine ourselves and form our own beliefs, we continue to run our parents’ programs in our thoughts and actions.”

—Famous Amos, Watermelon Magic

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Tue 1 Jun 2021

Canned

Posted by PJ under academia, genius, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We mustn’t forget how quickly the visions of genius become the canned goods of intellectuals.”

—Saul Bellow, Herzog

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