Finally, I could see with startling clarity that the time I had spent experiencing pain on a run was outweighed by the amount of time that I felt good about it. I was aglow. I was invincible. I was thinking I might be able to do it again (Alexandra Heminsley, Running Like a Girl)
There is a camaraderie that grows up among those who work with old books and old papers, largely, I suspect, because we understand that we are at odds with the rest of the world: we are travelling backwards, while all those around us are still moving forward
There is a camaraderie that grows up among those who work with old books and old papers, largely, I suspect, because we understand that we are at odds with the rest of the world: we are travelling backwards, while all those around us are still moving forward (Peter Ackroyd, The House of Doctor Dee)
It is better to know oneself than know to others. So not find fault others see first in yourself. When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears
It is better to know oneself than know to others. So not find fault others see first in yourself. When one experiences truth, the madness of finding fault with others disappears. (Suman Jyoty Bhante)
To teach how to live with uncertainty yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do
To teach how to live with uncertainty yet without being paralyzed by hesitation is perhaps the chief thing that philosophy can do (Bertrand Russell)
If you wish to know the divine feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand
If you wish to know the divine feel the wind on your face and the warm sun on your hand (Eido Tai Shimano Roshi)
Before the storm, he’d been a man who never met a stranger, never seemed to doubt himself. He could run faster than anyone; there had been joy in his movements, his world was full of possibilities, and he’d stood taller than he actually was. Like a house cat, Mae had once thought privately, who discounted the rumor of tigers
Before the storm, he’d been a man who never met a stranger, never seemed to doubt himself. He could run faster than anyone; there had been joy in his movements, his world was full of possibilities, and he’d stood taller than he actually was. Like a house cat, Mae had once thought privately, who discounted the rumor of tigers (Kate Southwood, Falling to Earth)
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own
What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Sometimes a writer simply finds new ways of saying what has already been said because, ultimately, truth is unoriginal
Sometimes a writer simply finds new ways of saying what has already been said because, ultimately, truth is unoriginal (Kamand Kojouri)
Sure, I like ice cream, but when you keep a healthy lifestyle, it’s: Do you prefer sweets and crappy food, or do you prefer to have a nice body? It depends on what you want more
Sure, I like ice cream, but when you keep a healthy lifestyle, it’s: Do you prefer sweets and crappy food, or do you prefer to have a nice body? It depends on what you want more (Tim Howard)
If at first you don’t succeed you’re running about average
If at first you don’t succeed you’re running about average (M. H. Alderson)