things that are true

There is nothing uglier than hypocrisy, and nothing more beautiful that authenticity.

The easy, conversational tone of good writing comes only on the eighth rewrite.

To have a sense of humor is to be strong: to keep one's sense of humor is to shrug off misfortunes, and to lose one's sense of humor is to be wounded by them. And so the mark-- or at least the prerogative-- of strength is not to take oneself too seriously. The confident will often, like swallows, seem to be making fun of the whole process slightly,... See more

a painting that suggests is usually more engaging than one that tells. Everyone makes up their own story about the Mona Lisa.

Acceptance, however, is a completely egoless activity. In fact, it isn’t an activity at all. It is precisely an inactivity.

In rejecting what is happening to us, we are de facto closed to the messages that the One behind reality is sending us.

i wish people celebrated the internet as much as they bemoan it. it’s literally a World Wide Web of humans, an unthinkable miracle that you and i can connect because i tap my fingers on a piece of glass for 30 seconds. let us not be numb to this!! bring back wonder & appreciation

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