"Sometimes a hypocrite is nothing more than a man in the process of changing."
- Dalinar Kholin
54 0 ReplyThe law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.
Anatole France
41 0 ReplyI'm a simple man:
“What day is it?” asked Pooh.
“It’s today,” squeaked Piglet.
“My favorite day,” said Pooh.
41 0 Reply"Every time I see an adult on a bicycle, I no longer despair for the future of the human race."
- H.G. Wells
24 0 Reply“1 in a million chances happen 9 times out of 10”
— Terry Pratchett20 0 Reply”A person who thinks all the time has nothing to think about except thoughts.” Alan Watts
I think it’s just a reminder of the pointlessness of overthinking. I find it poignant because I spend a lot of time lost in rumination, myself
20 0 ReplyThe willow knows what the storm does not: that the power to endure harm outlives the power to inflict it.
From the Magic: The Gathering card "Blood of the Martyr"
20 1 ReplyWhat is better: to be born good, or to overcome your evil nature through great effort?
-Paarthurnax
18 0 ReplyIf a problem is fixable, if a situation is such that you can do something about it, then there is no need to worry. If it's not fixable, then there is no help in worrying. There is no benefit in worrying whatsoever.
- H. H. Dalai Lama
17 0 Reply"Change and comfort rarely come together"
- Unattributed quote from a manager I work with
17 1 ReplyI am better off than he is – for he knows nothing, and thinks he knows. I neither know nor think I know.
- Socrates
15 0 ReplyOff the top of my head, I'm going to go with Hanlon's razor: "Don't attribute to malice what is adequately explained by stupidity"
Although, it's somewhat complicated by the existence of willful or lazy ignorance.
14 0 ReplyIn theory, theory and practice are the same. In practice, they are not.
14 0 ReplyThe power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
14 1 ReplyChoosing proprietary tools and services for your free software project ultimately sends a message to downstream developers and users of your project that freedom of all users—developers included—is not a priority.
— Matt Lee, https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/opinion-github-vs-gitlab
13 0 Reply"“That’s not fair, you know. If we knew when we were going to die, people would lead better lives.” IF PEOPLE KNEW WHEN THEY WERE GOING TO DIE, I THINK THEY PROBABLY WOULDN’T LIVE AT ALL."
From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
12 0 ReplyI love too many to have one favorite but I might translate something decent from french : "Absence is to love, what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the smaller and kindle the bigger." -- Roger de Bussy-Rabutin (or I think so)
12 0 Reply“The problem with internet quotes is that you cannot always depend on their accuracy.”
― Abraham Lincoln 1864
13 1 ReplyLife is a comedy to those who think, but a tragedy to those who feel.
- Horace Walpole
12 0 Reply"The world is cruel but you don’t have to be"
11 0 Reply"To know which questions are unanswerable, and to not answer them: this is the skill that is most needful in times of stress and darkness."
- Ursula K. LeGuin, The Left Hand of Darkness
10 0 Reply"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this and you will find strength." - Marcus Aurelius
10 0 ReplyBetter to piss in the sink than sink in the piss
12 2 ReplyComparison is the thief of happiness.
I have many favorites, but this comes to mind often.
Fear shrinks the brain.
Is another good one.
9 0 ReplyThis too shall pass.
No matter how good or bad your life is, there will ways be change.
11 2 ReplySoulmates are not found. They're made.
8 0 ReplyIf they gave Jerry Falwell's corpse an enema, they could bury him in a matchbox.
Christopher Hitchens
8 1 ReplyDavid Foster Wallace: You'll stop worrying* what others think about you when you realize how seldom they do.
* It might 'caring' rather than 'worrying', I'm not sure, and can't be bothered finding the book to check it.
It's also possible that DFW didn't coin this phrase.
8 1 ReplyA new one I heard from Nightcrawler, he probably quoted someone else...
"Love is best measured by the things we forgive. "
6 0 Reply“When masturbation’s lost its fun you’re fuckin lazy”
— Greenday, Long View
6 0 Reply"LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER MAN?"
From Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett.
6 0 ReplyIf you fall asleep with an itchy butt you’ll wake up with a smelly finger.
5 0 Reply"There is no struggle too vast, no odds too overwhelming, for even should we fail - should we fall - we will know that we have lived." —Anomander Rake
From Steven Erikson's Malazan Book of the Fallen.
4 0 ReplyWe growing wiser, or are we just growing tall?
- Damian Marley
4 0 ReplyThough there are questions as to its veracity, "a delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad". As an artist, this is the reason I'll never rush things and spend ample time on my art.
4 0 ReplySurvival is insufficient
- Emily St. John Mandel
4 0 ReplyFrom Frank Herbert’s Dune
Any road followed precisely to its end leads precisely nowhere. Climb the mountain just a little bit to test that it’s a mountain. From the top of the mountain, you cannot see the mountain.
3 0 Reply“Anything worth doing, is worth doing right.”
-Hunter S. Thompson
3 0 ReplyWe have not created the heavens and the earth and everything in between except for a purpose. And the Hour is certain to come, so forgive graciously.
15:85 Quran
2 0 ReplyChange your perspective... and the reality changes!
That's what a daycare npc told me in Pokemon Black. Although I haven't really found much use for the quote, it has stuck with me for long.
3 1 Reply“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.” Harry S. Truman
2 0 ReplyDon't let quotes tell you what to think.
2 0 ReplyDead men are heavier than broken hearts.
From The Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler.
1 0 Reply"It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a lot of it"
And at the end:
"No one keeps death in view, no one refrains from far-reaching hopes; some men, indeed, even arrange for things that lie beyond life—huge masses of tombs and dedications of public works and gifts for their funeral-pyres and ostentatious funerals. But, in very truth, the funerals of such men ought to be conducted by the light of torches and wax tapers, as though they had lived but the tiniest span." [As if a child had died]
Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
1 0 Reply“Anything that detracts from enjoying yourself is to be avoided.”
1 0 ReplyGnothi Sauton
1 1 ReplyDon't do what you think you have to do... only do what you absolutely must do
1 1 Reply"Love is just a word" haha just kidding, but it's the first one that came to mind. I don't think I actually have a fav
1 1 Reply“Rhymes is made of garlic”
— Ghostface Killa
0 1 ReplyAnything Einstein said I have a bias towards.
0 1 ReplyI lost the game
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