June 2013
“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself.”
—Simone de Beauvoir (via 0hcecelia)
“In creating a work of art, the psyche or soul of the artist ascends from the earthly realm into the heavenly; there, free from all images, the soul is fed by contemplation by the essences of the higher realm, knowing the permanent noumena of things; then, satiated with this knowing, it descends again to the earthly realm. And precisely at the boundary of the two worlds, the soul’s spiritual knowledge assumes the shapes of symbolic imagery: and it is these images that make the permanent work of art.”
—Pavel Florensky (via inthesaltmine)
“Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive
- Dalai Lama” —(via imags)
- Dalai Lama” —(via imags)
“Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive—that you can touch the miracle of being alive—then that is a kind of enlightenment.”
— Thich Nhat Hanh (via energiesoftheuniverse)
“I’m restless. Things are calling me away. My hair is being pulled by the stars again.”
—Anaïs Nin (via apoetreflects)
“I hated high school. I don’t trust anybody who looks back on the years from 14 to 18 with any enjoyment. If you liked being a teenager, there’s something wrong with you.”
—Stephen King (via burtoo)
“Stop insisting on clearing your head — clear your fucking heart instead.”
—Charles Bukowski (via wordsthat-speak)
