TDS Your Favorite Quotes; Vs "I Have a Dream"

[feralkitten]

"There's a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." Leonard Cohen

Then there's an interview where he's asked about that lyric, and I love what he says

In another song you also say "There's a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in". It is not a very happy thought to believe that something will always have to break, to open a crack, in order to the light gets in...

It is a happy thought if we enjoy the truth. There is always something that will have to break. Usually it is our personal pride. A Buddhist thinker said that disappointment is a great way to illumination. Other masters said: "from the broken debris of my heart I will erect an altar to the Lord".

The idea that there is a staircase of gold and marble, which leads to knowledge is seductive, but seems to me that the idea of something needing to get broken before we can learn anything is a more true idea. It is my experience, maybe you can escape it, but I doubt it. Unless the heart breaks, we will never know anything about love. As long as our objective universe doesn't collapse, we'll never know anything about the world.

We think that we know the mechanism, but only when it fails we understand how intricate and mysterious is the operation. So, it is true, "there's a crack in everything", all human activity is imperfect and unfinished. Only that way we can have the notion that there's something inside us that can only be located through disillusion, bad luck and defeat. Unfortunately, that seems to be the case.

 

[Swimmingdancer]

 

[Engage]

 

[Black Rabbit of Inle]

“Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”

“We often miss opportunity because it's dressed in overalls and looks like work”

. . .

 

[villian]

"You can't arrest the awakening of humanity"

 

[neversickanymore]

"you can't arrest the awakening of humanity"

 

[spork]

lovelovelove!

 

[daytryptr]

You must be the change you wish to see in the world.

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.

-Mahatma Gandhi

 

[ocean]

so many I want to post!!

 

[spork]

^Love them all.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

I'm becoming less defined as days go by
Fading away
And well you might say
I'm losing focus
Kinda drifting into the abstract in terms of how I see myself

Sometimes I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes I think I can see right through myself
Sometimes I can see right through myself

Less concerned about fitting into the world
Your world that is
Cause it doesn't really matter anymore
(no it doesn't really matter anymore)
No it doesn't really matter anymore
None of this really matters anymore

Yes I am alone, but then again I always was
As far back as I can tell
I think maybe it's because,
Because you were never really real, to begin with
I just made you up to hurt myself

I just made you up to hurt myself, yeah
And I just made you up to hurt myself

And it worked.
Yes it did!

There is no you
There is only me
There is no you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me
There is no fucking you
There is only me

Only
Only
Only
Only

Well the tiniest little dot caught my eye and it turned out to be a scab
And I had this funny feeling like I just knew it's something bad
I just couldn't leave it alone, I kept picking at the scab
It was a doorway trying to seal itself shut
But I climbed through

Now I am somewhere I am not supposed to be, and I can see things I know I really shouldn't see
And now I know why, now, now, now I know why
Things aren't as pretty
On the inside

-Trent Reznor

 

[villian]

To the mind that is still, the whole universe surrenders.

-Lao Tzu

 

[villian]

 

[panic in paradise]

all of life lives amongst each other
acceptance is what helps it grow.

 

[Captain.Heroin]

Desire is a gift in life

-Chris Corner

 

[neversickanymore]

 

[OxyAddict25]

Your self chosen cure is your self chosen pain. - Mark Lanegan

 

[HEI1234]

i have a dream? The peak of human's dream is to buy a new app for our latest iPhone

Forgot his name

 

[OverDone]

"Strong is what you have when you run out of weak"

--- ???

 

[ocean]

"For the love of a tree, she went out on a limb.

For the love of the sea, she rocked the boat.

For the love of the earth, she dug deeper.

For the love of community, she mended fences.

For the love of the Stars, she let her light shine.

For the love of spirit, she nurtured her soul.

For the love of a good time, she sowed seeds of happiness.

For the love of the Goddess, she drew down the moon.

For the love of nature, she made compost.

For the love of a good meal, she gave thanks.

For the love of family, she reconciled differences.

For the love of creativity, she entertained new possibilities.

For the love of her enemies, she suspended judgement.

For the love of herself, she acknowledged her worth.

And the world was richer for her. "
-Charlotte Tall Mountain.

This was a bookmark given to me by Herbavore...this is who I've been reminding myself I want to be.