• 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
  • A man with one watch knows what time it is; a man with two watches is never quite sure. ~Lee Segall
  • The fish trap exists because of the fish. Once you've gotten the fish you can forget the trap. The rabbit snare exists because of the rabbit. Once you've gotten the rabbit, you can forget the snare. Words exist because of meaning. Once you've gotten the meaning, you can forget the words. Where can I find a man who has forgotten words so I can talk with him? ~Chuang Tzu
  • You never know what is enough, until you know what is more than enough. ~William Blake, Proverbs of Hell
  • You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. ~Navajo Proverb
  • 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
  • Alice came to a fork in the road. "Which road do I take?" she asked.

"Where do you want to go?" responded the Cheshire cat. "I don't know," Alice answered. "Then," said the cat, "it doesn't matter." ~Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland

  • If you chase two rabbits, you will not catch either one. ~Russian Proverb
  • It is easy to stand a pain, but difficult to stand an itch. ~Chang Ch'ao
  • We waste a lot of time running after people we could have caught by just standing still. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
  • Weak eyes are fondest of glittering objects. ~Thomas Carlyle
  • The unreal is more powerful than the real.... Because it's only intangible ideas, concepts, beliefs, fantasies that last. Stone crumbles. Wood rots. People, well, they die. ~Chuck Palahniuk, Choke
  • When I die, I will not see myself die, for the first time. ~Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin
  • “Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”

― Albert Einstein

  • “Ever notice how 'What the hell' is always the right answer?”

― Marilyn Monroe

  • “We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be.”

― May Sarton

  • “Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”

― Albert Camus

  • "It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters."
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