Quotes of the Month; July 2021
“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is one of the greatest accomplishments we can achieve.”
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson; american author and essayist.
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Quotes of the Month; June 2021
“It would be extremely interesting to write the history of laughter.”
~ Alexander Herzen; russian writer and intellectual.
Quotes of the Month; May 2021
“All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost.”
~John Ronald Reuel Tolkien; british author and philologist.
Quotes of the Month; April 2021
“…I don’t think anybody should make games to try to motivate somebody to do something they don’t want to do. If the game is not about a goal you’re intrinsically motivated by, it won’t work.”
~Jane McGonigal; american game designer and author.
Quotes of the Month; March 2021
“Follow your heart but take your brain with you.”
~Alfred Adler; austrian physician and psychotherapist.
Quotes of the Month; February 2021
“If I take death into my life, acknowledge it, and face it squarely, I will free myself from the anxiety of death and the pettiness of life – and only then will I be free to become myself.”
~Martin Heidigger; german philosopher and author.
Quotes of the Month; January 2021
“The work of this emotion requires people who throw themselves actively into what is becoming, to which they themselves belong.”
~Ernst Bloch; german philosopher.
Quote of the Month; December 2020
“The mythology is that from chaos comes great work. I actually used to think that when I was younger, and I no longer think that anymore.”
~Sarah Paulson; american actress.
Quote of the Month; November 2020
“Suppose you had the revolution you are talking and dreaming about. Suppose your side won, and you had the kind of society you wanted. How would you live, you personally, in that society? Start living that way now!”
~Paul Goodman; american author and public intellectual.
Quote of the Month; October 2020
“I used to want to be a war photographer, and I used to want to be a ballerina and a comedian. I used to want to be a writer. I invalidated myself; it’s a mistake for me.”
~Chan Marshall “Cat Power”; american singer-songwriter and musician.