The more powerful and original a mind, the more it will incline towards the religion of solitude.
-Aldous Huxley, novelist (1894-1963)
“Art is a jealous mistress.”
| — | R.W. Emerson |
“A sage is the instructor of a hundred ages.”
| — | R.W. Emerson |
“I’d say go to hell, but I never want to see you again.”
| — | Sylvia Plat |
“The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple’s a rose.”
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That the apple’s a rose.”
| — | Robert Frost |
“It would be possible to describe everything scientifically, but it would make no sense; it would be without meaning, as if you described a Beethoven symphony as a variation of wave pressure.”
| — | Albert Einstein |
“An eye can threaten like a loaded and levelled gun, or can insult like hissing or kicking; or, in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance with joy.”
| — | R.W. Emerson |
“A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within.”
| — | R.W. Emerson |
“If you truly love Nature, you will find beauty everywhere.”
| — | Vincent Van Gogh |
“Why do we love the sea?
It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
It is because it has some potent power to make us think things we like to think.”
| — | Robert Henri |
“And yet I demand
that your heart survive
on its own,
belonging only to itself,
whole, entirely whole,
and workable
in its dark cavern under your ribs.”
that your heart survive
on its own,
belonging only to itself,
whole, entirely whole,
and workable
in its dark cavern under your ribs.”
| — | Anne Sexton – The Complete Poems |
“At least half of your mind is always thinking, I’ll be leaving; this won’t last. It’s a good Buddhist attitude. It prepares you for life as a Buddhist. If I were a Buddhist, this would be a great help. As it is, I’m just sad.”
“Perhaps this is what it means to go mad: to be emptied and to be aware of the emptiness.”
“Freedom is nothing but a chance to be better.”
| — | Albert Camus |