Thu 16 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under nature, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but Nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.”
—R. Buckminster Fuller, interview, Minneapolis Tribune, April 30, 1978
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 15 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under music, quote of the day, war
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Random quote of the day:
“The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.”
—Solomon Short (David Gerrold), The War Against the Chtorr
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 14 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under existence, heaven, hell, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Between us and heaven or hell there is only life, which is the frailest thing in the world.”
—Blaise Pascal, Discours sur les passions de l’amour
 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 13 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under dreams and dreamtime, quote of the day, reality
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Random quote of the day:
“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”
—Shirley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 10 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under fairies, fairytales, quote of the day, truth
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Random quote of the day:
“Do not believe, though, that fairy tales lie. He who tells them lies—but as soon as it is told, the fairy miracle slowly floats up into the air and goes off to live its life, real, truer than the insolence of everyday.”
—Albert Camus, “Melusina’s Book,†(tr. Ellen Conroy Kennedy)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 9 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under psychology, quote of the day, science, therapy
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Random quote of the day:
“To me [Freud’s] sexual theory was just as occult, that is to say, just as unproven an hypothesis, as many other speculative views. As I saw it, a scientific truth was a hypothesis which might be adequate for the moment but was not to be preserved as an article of faith for all time.”
—Carl Jung, Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 8 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under mindfulness, quote of the day, thinking, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.”
—Anne Morrow Lindbergh, Locked Rooms and Open Doors
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 7 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under inspiration, knowledge, quote of the day, that which abides
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Random quote of the day:
“Inspiration is a slender river of brightness leaping from a vast and eternal knowledge; it exceeds reason more perfectly than reason exceeds the knowledge of the senses.”
—Sri Aurobindo, Thoughts and Aphorisms
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 6 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under happiness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“Ever since Happiness heard your name
It has been running through the streets
Trying to find you.”
—Hafiz, “Several Times In the Last Week†(tr. Daniel Ladinsky)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 3 Mar 2017
Posted by PJ under gods, nature, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:
“I said to the almond tree: ‘Speak to me of God,’ and the almond tree blossomed.”
—Nikos Kazantzakis, The Fratricides
 Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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