#consciousness

Good Ideas

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas. —Linus Pauling

Be Yourself

We cannot seek or attain health, wealth, learning, justice or kindness in general. Action is always specific, concrete, individualized, unique. —John Dewey

Pleasure

As I grow older I realize that the only pleasure I have in anything is to share it with someone else. —Eleanor Roosevelt

Be True To Yourself

Be true to whoever or whatever you are and wear it like a badge of honor. Fit in with one person and one person only: yourself. —David Goggins

How To Silence Them

Silence the angry man with love. Silence the ill-natured man with kindness. Silence the miser with generosity. Silence the liar with truth. —Buddha

The Pain is Good

Think, think, think. It will hurt like hell at first, but you’ll get used to it. —Barbara Castle

The Secretes Of Poetry

Poetry can tell us what human beings are. It can tell us why we stumble and fall and how, miraculously, we can stand up. —Maya Angelou