"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within, more than the lustre of the firmament of bards and sages. Yet he dismisses without notice his thought, because it is his. In every work of genius we recognize our own rejected thoughts: they come back to us with a certain alienated majesty."

-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

#Men Quotes #Light Quotes #Self Reliance Quotes

“Cynics always say no. Saying yes leads to knowledge. So for as long as you have the strength to, say yes.”
“It would be impossible for me to give you a list of the top 10 songs that shake my life. Far more music went in to it than just ten.”
“[God is] everything in the creative force.”
“The thought of today cannot be expressed in the language of yesterday.”
“Most people prefer to think that their resentment is entirely the fault of the person they resent, and that twisted logic seems to make sense in their minds. But it makes no sense to me at all... But it's a popular point of view. Probably because it's so much easier. It relieves you of the burden of any and all self-examination. (Nathan to Nat)”
“Survival is the celebration of choosing life over death. We know we're going to die. We all die. But survival is saying: perhaps not today. In that sense, survivors don't defeat death, they come to terms with it.”

Source : Laurence Gonzales (2017). “Deep Survival: Who Lives, Who Dies, and Why”, p.244, W. W. Norton & Company
“But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear”
“I relish simplicity as an all-comprehensive value.”

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