September 2011
17 posts
“Feeling bad” is just a distraction. Stop distracting yourself and make a plan.”
– (via strongandbendy)
“That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut...”
– Paulo Coelho, The Zahir (via heartmindspirit)
“That wave
Pulled me into your eyes
Through the greeny grey pebbles
And...”
– Andy Partridge - That Wave (via billellsworth)
Weaken a bad habit
forcedistancetime:
“Habits of thought are mental magnets that draw to you certain things, people, and conditions. Weaken a bad habit by avoiding everything that occasioned it or stimulated it, without concentrating upon it in your zeal to avoid it. Then divert your mind to some good habit and steadily cultivate it until it becomes a dependable part of you.”
- Paramahansa Yogananda
One's primary concern
forcedistancetime:
“One’s primary concern when entering a strength competition is winning. As such, you should be focused entirely on what it takes to win. If you’re already focused on what it would take to win, you should be focused on what you can do to fucking embarrass everyone around you for even showing up.”
via Chaos and Pain
Framework Matters →
“When I am with you, we stay up all night.
When you’re not here, I can’t go to...”
– Rumi (via billellsworth)
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“But there it is, and there we are
And all I ever want to be is far from the...”
– Prefab Sprout - Desire As (via billellsworth)
“All of us have a cubic centimeter of chance that pops out in front of our eyes...”
– Carlos Castaneda (via billellsworth)
“Death is utterly acceptable to consciousness and life. There has been endless...”
– Franklin Jones (via billellsworth)
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“When we concentrate on a material object, whatever its situation, the very act...”
– Vladimir Nabokov - Transparent Things, 1972 (via billellsworth)
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“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a...”
– Lazarus Long (as recorded by Robert A. Heinlein)… read this at 14 or so and have been pushing toward the stars ever since. (via gone2croatan)
Will never get sick of this quote. EVER.