The best thing for the turbulence of the spirit, is learning. It’s the only thing that never gets malogized. You may grow old and tremble, anatomically speaking; you may stay awake at night listening to the clutter of your veins, you may miss your only love and you may lose your money to a monster; you may see the world around you, ravaged by dangerous lunatics, or know that your honor is trampled in the sewers of the most vile spirits. There is only one thing you can do under such conditions: learn.
— Marguerite Yourcenar
- Days Are DamsDays are dams. Each week posts a sign above the water. This week: Goodbye. Last week: The Possible. — Lily Brown from poem Venus Transit
- We’re Not On Our Journey To Save The World But To Save OurselvesWe’re not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that, you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes. — Joseph Campbell
- To Make Living Itself An Art, Is The GoalWhoever uses the spirit that is in him creatively is an artist.To make living itself an art, that is the goal. ― Henry Miller The whole life of the individual is nothing but the process of giving birth to himself; indeed, we should be fully born when we die — although it is the tragic fate of most… Read more: To Make Living Itself An Art, Is The Goal
- Every Heart BreaksEvery heart breaks, but not every heart breaks open. If my heart has to break, may it break open. — Rumi
- I Myself Have Never Been Able To Find Out Precisely What Feminism IsI myself have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat. — Rebecca West