Almost all absurdity

"Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble."

~Samuel Johnson

I'm tired of pretending

I’m tired of pretending I’m not special. I’m tired of pretending I’m not a total bitchin’ rock star from Mars.

~Charlie Sheen

The belief

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."

~Joseph Conrad

When we speak

When we speak we are afraid our words will not be heard or welcomed.
But when we are silent, we are still afraid.
So it is better to speak.

~ Audre Lorde

There are some

There are some confessions you can't even make to yourself. Yearnings, desires. That if you admitted to having, you'd have to stop being who you are. And the facade you've built so carefully would crumble, exposing to those around you what really makes you tweak.

~Augustus Hill, OZ

But at any rate

But at any rate, the point is that God is what nobody admits to being, and everybody really is.

~Alan Watts

The only Zen

The only Zen you'll find on mountain tops
is the Zen you bring up there with you.

~Alan Watts

There are some people

There are some people who live in a dream world, and there are some who face reality; and then there are those who turn one into the other.

-Douglas Everett

Getting in touch

"Getting in touch with your true self must be your first priority."

-- Tom Hopkins

but we all are men

...but we all are men, in our own natures frail, and capable of our flesh; few are angels...

~William Shakespeare

Let the world know

Let the world know you as you are, not as you think you should be, because sooner or later, if you are posing, you will forget the pose, and then where are you?

~Fanny Brice

We are

We are very apt to over-rate the importance of our actions.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

It's not where you're from

It's not where you're from; it's where you're going. It's not what you drive; it's what drives you. It's not what's on you; it's what's in you. It's not what you think; it's what you know.

~Gatorade commercial

I like flaws

I like flaws and feel more comfortable around people who have them. I myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions.

~Augusten Burroughs

A man is not

A man is not what he wishes himself to be, a man is what his actions prove him to be.


~Jean Paul Sartre

You can always choose

You can always choose to open yourself, in the midst of a thousand graces and setbacks, to the oneness with God that is the reality of all that is real.

~James Finley

In life

In life you must choose between bordom and suffering.

~Madam de Stael

Every normal man

Every normal man must be tempted at times to spit upon his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

~H.L. Mencken

If you think

If you think you came into being for the purpose of taking an important part in the administration of events, to guard a province of the moral creation from ruin, and that its salvation hangs on the success of your single arm, you have wholly mistaken your business.

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

You think Nature is some Disney movie?

You think Nature is some Disney movie? Nature is a killer. Nature is a bitch. It's feeding time out there 24 hours a day, every step that you take is a gamble with death. If it isn't getting hit with lightning today, it's an earthquake tomorrow or some deer tick carrying Lime disease. Either way, you're ending up on the wrong end of the food chain.

~Jeff Melvoin, Northern Exposure