Nothing contributes so much to tranquilise the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye - Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
My big concern is me and what do I do now until the time of my death. That is valid. That is useful. That is beautiful. That is creative. And also, I want to be free again. I want to be free like when I was a kid...I want to see me to the end working, living for myself. Ripeness is all. Now, interpreting what ripeness is our own individual problem - Maurice Sendak June 10, 1928-May 8th, 2012
It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey. The mind that is not baffled is not employed. The impeded stream is the one that sings. - Wendell Berry
It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go we have come to our real journey - Wendell Berry
It is never too late to be what you might have been - George Eliot
Instead of asking people we've just met what they "do" (usually "for a living"), we should ask them what they care about. What keeps them awake at night. What they would die for. And likewise when others ask us what we "do" we should deflect the question and instead tell them what we really care about. - Dave Pollard, http://howtosavetheworld.ca/2010/05/18/the-hard-part-is-finding-people-…
Instead he kept his eye on the sky, day and night. He even bought himself a small telescope, and began to teach himself the whereabouts of the constellations. He found the process reassuring. It was good to look up during the day and know that the stars were still above his head, even though he couldn't see them. It was doubtless the same for countless other mysteries. That they shone, but the world shone more brightly, and blinded him to them - Clive Barker, Weaveworld
I'm tired of following my dreams. I'm just going ask them where they're going and meet up with them later - Mitch Hedberg
I wish every one of you to find your own reason for indignation. It's precious - Stﾎphane Hessel http://is.gd/twRwty
I want to make beautiful things, even if nobody cares - Saul Bass http://j.mp/rKZqRn