Quotes
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“He who lives in the present lives forever.” — Ludwig Wittgenstein Read more
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“Hurrying and delaying are alike ways of trying to resist the present.” — Alan Watts Read more
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“One thing I like about jazz, kid, is that I don’t know what’s going to happen next.” — Bix Beiderbecke Read more
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“The best way to enhance freedom in other lands is to demonstrate here that our democratic system is worthy of emulation.”—Jimmy Carter Read more
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“Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time.” ~ Thomas Merton Read more
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“By logic and reason we die hourly; by imagination we live”. ~ W.B. Yeats Read more
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It is the unflagging beauty of the writing, day after day, that confirms [Thoreau’s Journals] greatness among writers’ journals. ~ Alfred Kazin I have posted here before that I read and reread Thoreau’s journals the same way I read and reread W.B. Yeats and a few other poets For grounding.. Thoreau’s Journals read like prose poetry. It… Read more
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“Remember, democracy never lasts long. It soon wastes, exhausts, and murders itself. There never was a democracy yet that did not commit suicide.” -John Adams Read more
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“Coffee is the common man’s gold, and like gold, it brings to every person the feeling of luxury and nobility.” – Sheik-Abd-al-Kadir Read more
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