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Tue 7 Feb 2023

Work

Posted by PJ under balance, quote of the day, work
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Random quote of the day:

“In work perfectly realized there is no thought of reward, no love of procedure, no seeking after good, no clinging to goals, whether of attainment or of God himself.

—Brian Keeble, “Work and the Sacred,” in Every Branch In Me: Essays on the Meaning of Man (ed. Barry McDonald)

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Mon 6 Feb 2023

Gift

Posted by PJ under gifts, happiness, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Happiness is a gift and the trick is not to expect it, but to delight in it when it comes.

—Douglas McGrath, screenplay for Nicholas Nickleby

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Thu 2 Feb 2023

Kilt

Posted by PJ under fashion, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland.

—Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary

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Mon 30 Jan 2023

Grief

Posted by PJ under art, grief, quote of the day, suffering
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Random quote of the day:

“There is a stage in suffering, or in any emotion, or passion, when it belongs to what is most personal and inexpressible in man and there is a stage when it belongs to art. But in its first moments art can never do anything with it. Art is the distance that time gives to suffering.

—Albert Camus, Notebooks 1942-1951 (tr. Justin O’Brien)

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Thu 26 Jan 2023

Tunnel

Posted by PJ under enlightenment, gods, nature, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“The presence of God.
In a tunnel of birdsong
a locked gate opens.

—Tomas Tranströmer, “Haikudikter”
(tr. Michael McGriff and Mikaela Grassl)

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Wed 25 Jan 2023

Fire

Posted by PJ under fire, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“Fire of all things
is the judge and the ravisher.

—Heraclitus, Fragment 26
(tr. Brooks Haxton)

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Mon 23 Jan 2023

Afterglow

Posted by PJ under history, progress, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“We look on past ages with condescension, as a mere preparation for us… but what if we are a mere after-glow of them?”

—J.G. Farrell, The Siege of Krishnapur

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Thu 19 Jan 2023

Solitude

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, solitude
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Random quote of the day:

“…the flavor of solitude. It was cold as spring water, and not all could drink it; for some it was not refreshment, but mortal chill.

—Diana Gabaldon, The Drums of Autumn

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Wed 18 Jan 2023

West

Posted by PJ under cultural appropriation, identity, quote of the day, spirituality
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Random quote of the day:

“We belong to the West. The more we find in the East or anywhere else the more it makes us inwardly divided, homeless in our own land. We become cultural tramps and vagabonds. The solutions we find are never fundamental answers. They only create more problems.

—Peter Kingsley, In the Dark Places of Wisdom

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Thu 12 Jan 2023

Mirror

Posted by PJ under image, mirror, quote of the day
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Random quote of the day:

“A beautiful woman looking at her image in the mirror may very well believe the image is herself. An ugly woman knows it is not.

―Simone Weil, Waiting for God

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