Detail

Our life is frittered away by detail.
Simplify, simplify.

Henry David Thoreau

What Differ Man From Beast

What differ man from beast
is the delusion of rationality.

Pounding On An Open Door

How long will you keep pounding on an open door,
begging for someone to open it?

Rabia al-Adawiyya

No Shoes

I was very sad, because I had no shoes,
until I met a man without feet.

Harold Abbot

Praying Man

I’m normally not a praying man,
but if you’re up there,
please save me, Superman.

Homer Simpson

The Gods Are Amused

The gods are amused
when the busy river
condemns the idle clouds.

Rabindranath Tagore

Rules

"Smokey, this is not 'Nam.
This is bowling.
There are rules."

Walter Sobchak

Psycho Logic

"I allways tell the truth.
Even when I lie."

Tony Montana

Money

Money is a tool - the only tool
that most everybody
wants you to use poorly.

Happiness

"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness."

Chuang-Tzu (350 B.C.)

Shortcuts

A shortcut is just a detour
that you're unaware of.

Liberty

"Few men desire liberty:
The majority are satisfied
with a just master."

Sallust (86 BC - 34 BC)

Outrunning The Bear

"You don't need to outrun the bear.
You just have to outrun your friend."

Unknown

Doing

"If you know what you are doing,
you can do what you want."

Moshe Feldenkrais

Scent of a Woman

Al Pacinos speech from Scent of a Woman... For Simon of Greenland.

Kill Time

"As if you could kill time without injuring eternity."

Henry David Thoreau

Pain

"Your pain is the breaking of the shell
that encloses your understanding."

Kahlil Gibran

Godt

"det er godt, at vi fik det bedre,
men det var bedre, hvis vi fik det godt."

Villy Sørensen

Life

"Life is what happens to you
while you busy making other plans."

John Lennon

Fear

"He who fears that he shall suffer,
already suffers what he fear."

Michel de Montaigne

Den, der ikke lever nu

"Den, der ikke lever nu
lever aldrig - hvad gør du?"

Piet Hein

In the Beginning

"In the Beginning there was nothing, which exploded."

Terry Pratchet

To Read

"Bene legere saecla vincere."

"To read well is to master the ages."

Professor Isaac Flagg

No Mind

"Of all the things I've lost, I miss my mind the most."

Ozzy Osbourne

Excess

"The mother of excess is not joy but joylessness."

Friedrich Nietzsche

Pleasures

"That man is the richest whose pleasures are the cheapest."

Henry David Thoreau

Mistakes

"Always make new mistakes."

Esther Dyson

If you are going through hell

"If you are going through hell... keep going."

Winston Churchill