Enduring philosophies and favorite quotes

“There are many things in life that will catch your eye.
But only a few will catch your heart. Pursue those.”

Playlist pieces

I think it’s time for me to put this doubt on the shelf
and keep it there for ever, right beside my former self.

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Grow old along with me… two branches on one tree.
...world without end…

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

I know this isn’t going to work. But it HAS to work. You hear me Universe?!

Ted - How I Met Your Mother 4Aug06 #link

the bigger mistake would be to not make the mistake because then you’d go your whole life not really knowing if something is a a mistake or not.

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Lily - How I Met Your Mother 4Aug06 #link

“it’s a moment’s shame to ask. it’s a lifetime’s shame not to ask.”

unknown #link

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are”

Anais Nin #link

“Our forefathers died for the pursuit of happiness. Not for the sit around and wait for happiness.”

Malcom's oldest brother - How I Met Your Mother 2Aug06 #link

When you fall in love with someone, an 8.5 equals a perfect 10.

Dr. O'brien - How I Met Your Mother 2Aug06 #link

When you forgive, you in no way change the past—but you sure do change the future.

Bernard Meltzer 1Aug06 #link

They would twirl the emotional kaleidoscope until it gave them a picture that was comfortable.

From Washington Post article How the Brain Helps Partisans Admit No Gray by Shankar Vedantam on 31 July 2006, quoting Emory University psychologist Drew Westen [via, source]

Drew Westen 31Jul06 #link

I don’t need remedies, I need a solution.

Sean - Nip Tuck (season1,ep6) 1 comment 27Jul06 #link

Watch me rise up and leave all the ashes you made out of me.

Embrace - Ashes 25Jul06 #link

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the the universe.

Albert Einstein 1 comment 19Jul06 #link

“Be not simply good; be good for something.”

Henry David Thoreau 12Jul06 #link

“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”

Henry David Thoreau 12Jul06 #link

It all matters. It all fits together.

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"David" - ReGenesis, season 2, episode 6 10Jul06 #link

People can survive the worst things.

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"David" - ReGenesis 7Jul06 #link

If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 6Jul06 #link

Holding your hands over your eyes does not mean that other people cannot see you.

5Jul06 #link

“No steam or gas ever drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”

Harry Emerson Fosdick #link

The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

Albert Einstein 28Jun06 #link

“Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.”

Confucius #link
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