March 2012
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January 2012
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Study me as much as you like, you will never know me, for I differ a hundred...
– Rumi
To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
December 2011
9 posts
Rest, nature, books, music… such is my idea of happiness.
– Leo Tolstoy (via thesteppenwolf)
If You are a Warrior.
“If you are a warrior, decency means that you are not cheating anybody at all. You are not even about to cheat anybody. There is a sense of straightforwardness and simplicity. With setting-sun vision, or vision based on cowardice, straightforwardness is always a problem. If people have some story or news to tell somebody else, first of all they are either excited or disappointed. Then they begin...
November 2011
17 posts
Unless it’s mad, passionate, extraordinary love, it’s a waste of your time....
– Dream for an Insomniac (via quote-book)
Green Tea Supplements Prevent Flu Better Than... →
Flu season is now in full swing and seasonal vaccinations are being pushed from every corner. Nonetheless, a recent clinical trial showed that green tea-based supplements reduced the risk of flu by 75%. This is far better than the 60% risk reduction recently reported in the Lancet for vaccinations. Given that green tea provides a host of other health benefits and none of the risks of injections,...
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I Am an Emotional Creature by Eve Ensler
I love being a girl.
I can feel what you’re feeling
as you’re feeling it inside
the feeling
before. I am an emotional creature.
Things do not come to me
as intellectual theories or hard-shaped ideas.
They pulse through my organs and legs
and burn up my ears.
I know when your girlfriend’s really pissed off
even though she appears to give you what
you want.
I know when a storm is...
October 2011
24 posts
Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my...
– Thich Nhat Hanh
Who is Muammar Gaddafi?
“How can you call someone a dictator leader who overthrew a corrupt monarchy, modernized the country, won the highest HDI in Africa, and applied a direct democracy system of government?
Libya is the country with the highest HDI in Africa. Therefore, the best distribution of income, and health and public education are free. And almost 10% of Libyan students receive scholarships to study...
Society.
“Society gives the feeling to every person that he is worthless. It is a political strategy. Once a person gets the idea that he is worthless, he cannot be rebellious, he cannot be independent, he cannot go outside the fold. He cannot choose a path of his own, he will follow the crowd. Once the idea sinks deep into your unconscious that you are worthless you cannot trust yourself; you will...
Closing your eyes isn’t going to change anything. Nothing’s going to disappear...
– Haruki Murakami (via fabula)
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