Mon 29 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under charity, dreams and dreamtime, good, quote of the day
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“The life of a man consists not in seeing visions and in dreaming dreams, but in active charity and in willing service.â€
—Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, A Tale
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 26 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, sanity and insanity
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“The only difference between the sane and the insane is that the sane have the power to lock up the insane.â€
—Hunter S. Thompson, interview, The Paris Review, Fall 2000, No. 156
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 25 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under conversations, genius, quote of the day, solitude
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius.â€
—Sir Edward Gibbon, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 24 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under alchemy, art, pain, quote of the day, writing
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“One wishes that pain weren’t the potent alchemical element that it is.â€
—Athol Fugard, interview, The Paris Review, Summer 1989, No. 111
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 23 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, time
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.â€
—Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Mon 22 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, the rules
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“Selling out is usually more a matter of buying in. Sell out, and you’re really buying into someone’s else’s system of values, rules and rewards.â€
—Bill Watterson, “Some Thoughts On the Real World By One Who Glimpsed It and Fled,†Kenyon College Commencement, May 20, 1990
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Fri 19 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under creativity, quote of the day, writing
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“The best thing is to write anything, anything at all that comes into your mind, until gradually there is a calm and creative day.â€
—Stephen Spender, as quoted in The Lie That Tells a Truth: A Guide to Writing Fiction by John Defresne
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Thu 18 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under indians, nature, quote of the day, spirit, that which abides
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“The emphasis of American Indian religions, then, is on the spiritual nature of all things. To understand the physical world, one must appreciate the underlying spiritual essence. Then one can begin to see that the physical is only a faint shadow, a partial reflection, of a supernatural and extrarational world.â€
—Walter L. Williams, The Spirit and the Flesh: Sexual Diversity in American Indian Culture
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Wed 17 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under individuality, jung, psychology, quote of the day, therapy
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“Psychotherapy and analysis are as varied as are human individuals. I treat every patient as individually as possible, because the solution of the problem is always an individual one. Universal rules can be postulated only with a grain of salt. A psychological truth is valid only if it can be reversed.â€
—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, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
Tue 16 Jun 2015
Posted by PJ under love, quote of the day
No Comments
Random quote of the day:
“It ought to make us feel ashamed when we talk like we know what we’re talking about when we talk about love.â€
—Raymond Carver, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Loveâ€
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Siegfried and Roy, Leonard Maltin, or the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
You are currently browsing the archives of Better Than Dead
| M | T | W | T | F | S | S |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |
| 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
| 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
| 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | |
