A Life Lived For Others

Only a life lived for others is worth living.

Albert Einstein

The Triumph Of Evil

All that is necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing.

Edmund Burke

The Hunter Of Dreams

The woods were made for the hunter of dreams,
the brooks for the fishers of song.

Sam Walter Foss

Fate Is Like Gravity

Fate is like gravity.
You can jump up and down until your heart’s content,
but the earth still falls into the sun,
and the sun still courses through the galaxy,
both indifferent to your short-lived and insignificant defiance.

Unknown

Humanity Has Advanced

Humanity has advanced,
when it has advanced,
not because it has been sober,
responsible, and cautious,
but because it has been playful,
rebellious, and immature.

Tom Robbins

O Radiant Dark

O radiant dark! O darkly fostered ray!
Thou hast a joy too deep for shallow Day.

George Eliot

To Keep His Bed Chaste

Tell me who is able to keep his bed chaste,
or which goddess is able to live with one god alone?

Sextus Propertius

Abstract Concepts

None of the abstract concepts comes closer
to fulfilled Utopia than that of eternal peace.

Theodor Adorno

All The Works Of Man

All the works of man have their origin in creative fantasy.
What right have we then to depreciate imagination.

Carl Jung

Good And Bad Angels

Every man has a good Angel and a bad Angel attending on him,
in particular, all his life long.

Robert Burton

The Test Of Courage

Often, the test of courage is not to die,
But to live.

Vittorio Alfieri

If You Are Ruled By Your Mind

If you are ruled by your mind, you are a King.
If by the body, a slave.

Cato

If You Have Never Stared Off In The Distance

If you've never stared off in the distance,
then your life is a shame.

Adam Duritz

There Are Two Worlds

There are two worlds;
the world that we can measure with line and rule,
and the world that we feel with our hearts and imaginations.

Leigh Hunt

Seek Patience and Passion

Seek patience and passion in equal amounts.
Patience alone will not build the temple.
Passion alone will destroy its walls.

Maya Angelou