The sweet and the sour: this is what makes great art. —Ward Jenkins More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A person who forgoes the use of his symbolic skills is never really free. —Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
[Long hair] is considered bohemian, which may be why I grew it, but I keep it long because I love the way it feels, part cloak, part fan, part mane, part security blanket. —Marge Piercy More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn't the mountain ahead that wears you out - it's the grain of sand in your shoe. —Robert Service More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things. —Henry Miller More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is common sense to take a method and try it. If it fails, admit it frankly and try another. But above all, try something. —Franklin D. Roosevelt More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Real love is a permanently self-enlarging experience. —M. Scott Peck More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough. In the meantime, you%uFFFDre better off going out into the big, wide world, having some adventures and refilling your well. Trying to create when you don%uFFFDt feel like it is like making conversation for the sake of making conversation. —Hugh Macleod More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it - what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellowmen. Our self-importance requires that we spend most of our lives offended by someone. —Carlos Castaneda More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The way you overcome shyness is to become so wrapped up in something that you forget to be afraid. —Lady Bird Johnson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You will never be alone with a poet in your pocket. —John Adams More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Life isn't long enough for love and art. —W. Somerset Maugham More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old? —Lois McMaster Bujold More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Ever tried? Ever failed? No Matter, try again, fail again, Fail better. —Samuel Beckett More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Shut out all of your past except that which will help you weather your tomorrows. —Sir William Osler More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email