Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

“Great love and great achievements involve great risk”

Playlist pieces

We’ve come too far — too far to be so far apart.

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Where’s your treasure, where’s your hope if you get the world but lose your soul..
We are not infinite, we are not permanent.. nothing’s immediate.
We’re so confident in our accomplishments.. look at how dark it is.
We got information in the information age, but do we know what life is..?
She said he said live like no tomorrow..

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Excuse me, are you lost? Perhaps you would care to visit the site map

“i still believe in paradise. but now at least i know it’s not some place you can look for. because it’s not where you go, it’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re part of something.”

The Beach 14Jan04 #link

“there’s no such thing as a mistake. there’s what you do, and what you don’t do.”

Unfaithful 11Nov03 #link

it may not always be so;and i say
that if your lips,which i have loved,should touch
another’s,…that i may go unto him,and take his hands,
saying,Accept all happiness from me.

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e.e. cummings 10Sep03 #link

“One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore.”

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Andre Gide #link

whether or not God preceeded the concept of life, life preceeds the concept of God.

“The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.”

Napoleon Hill #link

A man said to the Universe, “Sir, I exist.”
“However,” replied the Universe, “That fact has not created in me a sense of obligation.”

sc 11Mar03 #link

“Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is.”

Thomas Szas 3Mar03 #link

“The Buddha was asked, ‘Are you a God?’ He said he was not. ‘Then what are you?’ He answered, ‘I am awake.’”

Buddha 3Mar03 #link

“no one is perfect until you fall in love with them.”

“The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and have the two as close together as possible.”

George Burns #link

Sometimes, I feel discriminated against, but it does not make me angry. It merely astonishes me. How can anybody deny themselves the pleasure of my company? It’s beyond me.

Zora Neale Hurston #link

Unless you got lost on purpose
You would never get this far.

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Ryokan 1Jan03 #link

“Ah, but a man’s reach should exceed his grasp, Or what’s a heaven for?”

Robert Browning 1Jan03 #link

“It takes only one drink to get me drunk.
The trouble is, I can’t remember if it’s the thirteenth or the fourteenth.”

George Burns #link

“I once had a rose named after me and I was very flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the catalogue: ‘No good in a bed, but fine up against a wall’.”

Eleanor Roosevelt #link

“Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.”

unknown 1 comment #link

Calvin: "Happiness isn't good enough for me! I demand Euphoria!" “That’s the difference between me and the rest of the world! Happiness isn’t good enough for me! I demand euphoria!” ~Calvin

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link

“I’m learning real skills that i can apply throughout the rest of my life … procrastinating and rationalizing.”

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link

“in my opinion, we don’t devote nearly enough scientific research to finding a cure for jerks.”

Bill Watterson 26Nov02 #link
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