Temet Nosce

"Know Thyself" - The Oracle, The Matrix

the journey in a symphony

No one imagines that a symphony is supposed to improve in quality as it goes along, or that the whole object of playing it is to reach the finale. The point of music is discovered in every moment of playing and listening to it. It is the same, I feel, with the greater part of our lives, and if we are unduly absorbed in improving them we may forget altogether to live them.
- Alan Watts

Meeting Me

I am ready to meet my Maker; whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

Truth

omnia mutantir, nihil interit

"everything changes, nothing dies"

Quotes from House

you can think i'm wrong, but that's no reason to quit thinking.

"the body does crazy things." well that explains everything.

- She was fine two hours ago
- If by fine you mean bleeding profusely out of every orifice, then yeah, I believe you.

I'm extremely disappointed. I send you out for exciting, new designer drugs, you come back with tomato sauce.

- That's not necessarily bad news
- Do you ever watch "Gilligan's Island" reruns and really, really think they're going to get off the island this time?

I teach you to lie, cheat, and steal, and as soon as my back's turned you wait in line?

the road to hell

The road to hell is paved in acid-laced roses, very appealing to the eyes and nose but as dangerous to the touch as a cobra's bite.

subtleties and niceties

A community appears at first sight an extremely obvious, trivial thing but its analysis brings out that it is a very strange thing; abounding in metaphysical subtleties and theological niceties

Treasures in Heaven

Lay up your treasures in heaven where there is no depreciation

True Poetry

you will not find poetry unless you bring some of it with you

tolerance

We credit scarcely any persons with good sense except those who are of our opinion.

the great

Greater souls are not those who have fewer passions and more virtues than others, but only those who have greater designs.

the best

It's a funny thing about life: if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

the human condition

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I in habit it, I am trying to learn from it.
-Salman Rushdie

Everyone's a millionaire when promises are concerned
- Ovid

Busy Success

Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.
- Henry David Thoreau

Make the Best of It

"I never asked to be born," Jefferson said.
"Neither did I," answered Grant. "But here I am. And I'm trying to make the best of it."

A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. Gaines

The Burned Hand

The burned hand learns best. After that, news about fire goes straight to the heart.

~ Gandalf, The Lord of The Rings

Live Life Backwards

Life is lived forwards but understood backwards
~ Soren Kierkegaard

Friends are Angels

Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly.

In this fateful hour...

In the Words of Madeleine L'Engle:

In this fateful hour,
I place all Heaven with its power,
And the sun with its brightness,
And the snow with it whiteness,
And the fire with all the strength it hath,
And the lightning with its rapid wrath,
And the winds with their swiftness along their path,
And the sea with its deepness,
And the rocks with their steepness,
And the earth with its starkness,
All these I place
By God's almighty help and grace
Between myself and the powers of darkness.

" ' ...my dears, the world has been abnormal for so long that we've forgotten what it's like to live in a peaceful and reasonable climate. If there is to be any peace or reason, we have to create it in our own hearts and homes.'
' Even at a time like this?'
' Especially at a time like this. We don't know what the next twenty-four hours are going to bring, and if it should be what we fear, then the peace and quiet within us will come to our aid.' "

--A Swiftly Tilting Planet"