Quote of the Day

[Piling]

It’s about the quality of the worry…I have happier worries now than I used to.
David Gilmour, The Film Club: A True Story of a Father and Son

I love that idea that we could improve our worries, ending to smiling worries, that's nice.

[Piling]

The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came.

Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.

[Anthea]

The Devil is not the Prince of Matter; the Devil is the arrogance of the spirit, faith without smile, truth that is never seized by doubt. The Devil is grim because he knows where he is going, and, in moving, he always returns whence he came.

Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose.

Have you noticed that we always refer to the devil as MALE

[Piling]

from Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi :

Have you noticed that we always refer to the devil as MALE

For clerics, there is only one He-Devil but all women are she-devils.

[Piling]

"Many people try to find a spiritual path where they do not have to face themselves but where they can still liberate themselves—liberate themselves from themselves, in fact. In truth, this is impossible. We cannot do that. We have to be honest with ourselves. We have to see our gut, our real shit, our most undesirable parts. We have to see that. That is the foundation of warriorship and the basis of conquering fear. We have to face our fear; we have to look at it, study it, work with it, and practice meditation with it."
Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche

[Anthea]

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything!

Coco Chanel

[Piling]

"The village in the quiet summer’s evening felt alien and almost threatening. Agatha had that old feeling of being on the outside of life looking in."
Agatha Raisin and the Potted Gardener, M. C. Beaton.

[Anthea]

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[Piling]

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Butterfly effect : no one can predict it.

[Piling]

"You can chew gum, wash up and listen to the radio at the same time, and still be aware."
Ajahn Sumedho.

[RomaMater]

"What do I know of cultured ways, the gilt, the craft and the lie?
I, who was born in a naked land and bred in the open sky.
The subtle tongue, the sophist guile, they fail when the broadswords sing;
Rush in and die, dogs—I was a man before I was a king."

R.E. Howard.

[Anthea]

You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.

Dean Martin

[Piling]

You are allowed to be alive. You are allowed to be somebody different. You are allowed to not say goodbye to anybody or explain a single thing to anyone, ever.
Augusten Burroughs, This is How.

I like this quote because I dislike to argue and explain myself. 'Never complain, never explain' is my favorite motto… especially in lovers' breakup

[Piling]

“…..why bother remembering a past that cannot be made into a present?”
— Søren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

[Piling]

“New beginnings are often disguised as painful endings.”
— Lao Tzu