Quoteworthy

“The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper.”
-W.B. Yeats 1865-1939











Now Playing: "Come A Little Closer" by Cage The Elephant

Quoteworthy

"It's an awful truth that suffering can deepen us, give a greater lustre to our colors, a richer resonance to our words."
-Anne Rice








Now Playing: "There's A Sadness In My Heart" by Legs
*Great song for the month!

Quoteworthy

“There is a fifth dimension beyond that which is known to man ... a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man's fears and the summit of his knowledge. This is the dimension of imagination.” 
-Rod Serling 1924-1975














Now Playing: "Just My Imagination (Running Away with Me)" by The Temptations
*This is one of the earliest songs I remember listening to. 

Quoteworthy

“There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it.” 
-George Bernard Shaw 1856-1950












Now Playing: "Pictures of You" by The Cure

Quoteworthy

"For many of us, we set out thinking there will be time in the future and then suddenly we find ourselves at a moment when we have to acknowledge that the future isn't infinite. In our culture, we're able to remain young, or to think of ourselves as young, for a very long time- probably an amount of time unprecedented in history. And so, we can get well into our thirties, thinking that the future is all ahead of us, and there comes a realization at some point, that it isn't. And that's a realization that happens for people who are doing what they want to do as much as for people who haven't been able to."
-Claire Messud












Now Playing: "Go Outside" by Cults

Quoteworthy: Pope Benedict XVI

"Truth is not determined by a majority vote."

"It is when we attempt to avoid suffering by withdrawing from anything that might involve hurt, when we try to spare ourselves the effort and pain of pursuing truth, love and goodness, that we drift into a life of emptiness, in which there may be almost no pain, but the dark sensation of meaninglessness and abandonment is all the greater."

"One who has hope lives differently."

"Evil draws its power from indecision and concern for what other people think."

"So Jesus in the throes of His Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer."

"Intelligence and love are not in separate compartments: love is rich in intelligence and intelligence is full of love."

"Rock (music) is the expression of elemental passions, and at rock festivals it assumes a cultic character, a form of worship, in fact, in opposition to Christian worship. People are, so to speak, released from themselves by the experience of being part of a crowd and by the emotional shock of rhythm, noise and special lighting effects. However, in the ecstasy of having all their defenses torn down, the participants sink, as it were, beneath the elemental force of the universe."













Now Playing: "I'm God" by Clams Casino

If Money Were No Object

Very inspirational. A friend of mine shared this video on Facebook. Pass it on to someone you know who would appreciate its message.

Quoteworthy: 365

Now Playing: "Schism of the Mind" by New Build

Quoteworthy

I came across this little saying earlier this evening. I took a twitpic of it but edited the image when I got home.













Now Playing: "Feel Again" by OneRepublic
*I hear this song so many times a day but I still like it :)

Quoteworthy

"When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought."“

-Anthony Kiedis

Now Playing: "Only Son of the Ladies Man" by Father John Misty

Wonderwall

Now Playing: "Meg White" by Ray LaMontagne
*This song is great but it always makes my friend and I laugh.

Remembering Jim Morrison

Some words of wisdom from the "Lizard King"...

“I've noticed that when people are joking they're usually dead serious, and when they're serious, they're usually pretty funny.” 

“People are afraid of themselves, of their own reality; their feelings most of all. People talk about how great love is, but that’s bullshit. Love hurts. Feelings are disturbing. People are taught that pain is evil and dangerous. How can they deal with love if they’re afraid to feel? Pain is meant to wake us up. People try to hide their pain. But they’re wrong. Pain is something to carry, like a radio. You feel your strength in the experience of pain. It’s all in how you carry it. That’s what matters. Pain is a feeling. Your feelings are a part of you. Your own reality. If you feel ashamed of them, and hide them, you’re letting society destroy your reality. You should stand up for your right to feel your pain.” 

"Friends can help each other. A true friend is someone who lets you have total freedom to be yourself and especially to feel. Or, not feel. Whatever you happen to be feeling at the moment is fine with them. That's what real love amounts to- letting a person be what he really is."

"Where's your will to be weird?"

"I believe in a long, prolonged derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown."

Quoteworthy

“And above all, watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don't believe in magic will never find it.”

-Roald Dahl 1916-1990











Now Playing: "Cult Logic" by Miike Snow

Quoteworthy

“I do not think there is any thrill that can go through the human heart like that felt by the inventor as he sees some creation of the brain unfolding to success... Such emotions make a man forget food, sleep, friends, love, everything."
-Nikola Tesla 1856-1943








Now Playing:  "Gypsy" by Fleetwood Mac

Quoteworthy

"Life is eternal and love is immortal; And death is only a horizon, And a horizon is nothing save the limit of our sight."
-Rossiter W. Raymond 1840-1918

 

 

 

 

Now Playing: "Mornings" by Portugal. The Man

Quoteworthy

"There are far, far better things ahead than any we leave behind."

-C.S. Lewis

Now Playing: "Country Roads" Remix by Pretty Lights

***"Country Roads" by John Denver is my college's theme song. I miss WVU so much... can't wait to see Pretty Lights in October!

Quoteworthy

I came across this quote while I was at work. I always attribute quotes because I like to learn about the people who spoke the infamous words of wisdom. It turns out, Bertrand Russell had a lot in common with one my favorite people today, Bill Maher. I'm fascinated by the intellect of men whose thought processes were/are well ahead of their time. We can learn a great deal about life by reading into the past histories of others. I love this quote!

Here is something from Russell's 1951 piece for New York Times Magazine called “The Best Answer to Fanaticism: Liberalism.” In this, he wrote a “Liberal Decalogue."

1. Do not feel absolutely certain of anything.
2. Do not think it worth while to proceed by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light.
3. Never try to discourage thinking for you are sure to succeed.
4. When you meet with opposition, even if it should be from your husband or your children, endeavor to overcome it by argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory.
5. Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found.
6. Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do the opinions will suppress you.
7. Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
8. Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for, if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter.
9. Be scrupulously truthful, even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it.
10. Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool’s paradise, for only a fool will think that it is happiness.

Now Playing: "Fader" by The Temper Trap