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"And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive...."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:33:29 +0200

“And once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through, how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over. But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same person who walked in. That’s what this storm’s all about.”

- Haruki Murakami

"Leer ist die Rede jenes Philosophen, durch die kein einziges Leid eines Menschen geheilt wird...."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:28:00 +0200

“Leer ist die Rede jenes Philosophen, durch die kein einziges Leid eines Menschen geheilt wird. Philosophie ist unnütz, wenn sie nicht das Leid der Seele beseitigt.
Lachen soll man und zugleich philosophieren, seinen Haushalt führen, seine übrigen Fähigkeiten einsetzen und niemals aufhören, die aus der richtigen Philosophie stammenden Lehrsätze anzuwenden.”

- Epikur (Usener 221 & SV 41)

"Wenn wir also sagen, die Lust sei das Ziel, meinen wir damit nicht die Lüste der Hemmungslosen,..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 22:19:27 +0200

“Wenn wir also sagen, die Lust sei das Ziel, meinen wir damit nicht die Lüste der Hemmungslosen, sondern: weder Schmerz im Körper noch Erschütterung in der Seele zu empfinden. Denn nicht Trinkgelage und aneinandergereihte Umzüge erzeugen das lustvolle Leben, sondern ein nüchterner Verstand, der die Gründe, warum etwas zu wählen oder zu meiden ist, kennt und die bloßen Vermutungen vertreibt, von denen die häufigste Erschütterung auf die Seelen ausgeht.”

- Epikur, Brief an Menoikus 131f.

"Poetry is sane because it floats so easily in an infinite sea; reason seeks to cross the infinite..."

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:54:17 +0200

“Poetry is sane because it floats so easily in an infinite sea; reason seeks to cross the infinite sea, and so make it finite. The result is mental exhaustion.. To accept everything is an exercise, to understand everything a strain. The poet only desires exaltation and expansion, a world to stretch himself in. The poet only asks to get his head into the heavens. It is the logician who seeks to get the heavens into his head. And it is his head that splits.”

- G. K. Chesterton, Orthodoxy

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"One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:00:02 +0200

““One always has a better book in one’s mind than one can manage to get onto paper.””

- Michael Cunningham

"Love me, because love doesn’t exist, and I have tried everything that does."

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:57:15 +0200

“Love me, because love doesn’t exist, and I have tried everything that does.”

- Jonathan Safran Foer

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artemisdreaming: Avalokiteshvara, China, Tangut State of Xi...

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 01:33:08 +0200

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Avalokiteshvara, China, Tangut State of Xi -Xia, Khara-Khoto, 13th century State Russian Museum

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From Wiki: “Avalokiteśvara (Sanskrit: अवलोकितेश्वर lit. “Lord who looks down”) is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. Portrayed in different cultures as either male or female, Avalokiteśvara is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism, as well as unofficially in Theravada Buddhism.

The original name for this bodhisattva was Avalokitasvara. The Chinese name for Avalokiteśvara is Guānshìyīn Púsà (觀世音菩薩), which is a translation of the earlier name “Avalokitasvara Bodhisattva.” This bodhisattva is variably depicted as male or female, and may also be referred to simply as Guānyīn.

In Sanskrit, Avalokitesvara is also referred to as Padmapāni (“Holder of the Lotus”) or Lokeśvara (“Lord of the World”). In Tibetan, Avalokiteśvara is known as Chenrezig, སྤྱན་རས་གཟིགས་ (Wylie: spyan ras gzigs) and is said to be incarnated as the Dalai Lama, the Karmapa and other high lamas.”

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Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:47:55 +0200

This TEDx talk by Caroline Heldman about “The Sexy Lie” explains...

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:47:18 +0200

This TEDx talk by Caroline Heldman about “The Sexy Lie” explains how to identify & interrupt the objectification of women and girls

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Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:35:33 +0200

"Erfahrung heißt gar nichts. Man kann seine Sache auch 35 Jahre schlecht machen."

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 01:33:57 +0200

“Erfahrung heißt gar nichts. Man kann seine Sache auch 35 Jahre schlecht machen.”

- Kurt Tucholsky

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