Whatever I take, I take too much or too little; I do not take the exact amount. The exact amount is no use to me. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Each forward step we take we leave some phantom of ourselves behind. – John Lancaster Spalding
We must remember that nothing in this world really belongs to us. At best, we are merely borrowers. – Christopher Isherwood
The map is not the territory. – Alfred Korzybski
No matter where you go or what you do, you live your entire life within the confines of your head. – Terry Josephson
Would there be this eternal seeking if the found existed? – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
I was once a skeptic but was converted by the two missionaries on either side of my nose. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
He who has seen present things has seen all, both everything which has taken place from all eternity and everything which will be for time without end; for all things are of one kin and of one form. – Marcus Aurelius
If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. – Russian Proverb
The observer, when he seems to himself to be observing a stone, is really, if physics is to be believed, observing the effects of the stone upon himself. – Bertrand Russell
The obstacle is the path. – Zen Proverb
It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – James Thurber
You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
Only in the early morning light of day, and of life, can we see the world without its shadows. Truth requires new beginnings. – Jeb Dickerson, jebdickerson.com
It would be a very big book that contained all the maybes uttered in a day. – French Proverb
One day, someone showed me a glass of water that was half full. And he said, “Is it half full or half empty?” So I drank the water. No more problem. – Alexander Jodorowsky
Among creatures born into chaos, a majority will imagine an order, a minority will question the order, and the rest will be pronounced insane. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. – Hippocrates, Aphorisms
Seeking is not always the way to find. – Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers
You exist in time, but you belong to eternity. – Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh
