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Sister Corita Kent via Cage via Bernstein
instagram.comYou must believe at all costs that you are ordained for greatness. No matter how large the setback, just remind yourself that it’s impossible for you to be dealt anything other than winning hands.
The opposite state of mind, perpetrated by self-loathing New York Times reading cissies will harm your psyche more than any setback.
Just remember, you... See more
what if public libraries were open late every night and we could engage in public life there instead of having to choose between drinking at the bar and domestic isolation
Control and surrender have to be kept in balance. That’s what surfers do—take control of the situation, then be carried, then take control. In the last few thousand years, we’ve become incredibly adept technically. We’ve treasured the controlling part of ourselves and neglected the surrendering part.
Brian Eno
... See moreThere's a writer in England called Colin Wilson who became known as a translator of the philosophers and thinkers of the 20th century. He was able to write them in such a way that everybody else could understand those great minds. He had a facility for understanding and then passing on the information—he was a medium.
I like to flatter myself that’s
Too many people think the grass is greener somewhere else but grass is green where you water it, remember that.
“Do not confuse "duty" with what other people expect of you; they are utterly different. Duty is a debt you owe to yourself to fulfill obligations you have assumed voluntarily. Paying that debt can entail anything from years of patient work to instant willingness to die. Difficult it may be, but the reward is self-respect.
But there is no reward at
... See moreMice: What do you mean by good writing as opposed to bad writing?
Your correspondent: Good writing is true writing. If a man is making a story up it will be true in proportion to the amount of knowledge of life that he has and how conscientious he is; so that when he makes something up it is as it would truly be. If he doesn’t know how many people ... See more
Your correspondent: Good writing is true writing. If a man is making a story up it will be true in proportion to the amount of knowledge of life that he has and how conscientious he is; so that when he makes something up it is as it would truly be. If he doesn’t know how many people ... See more