Quotes You Like

"I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception."
- Groucho Marx

“It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than open it and remove all doubt.”

Mark Twain

“The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.” — Sigmund Freud

@Torunn said
“The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside.” — Sigmund Freud

@divegeester said
That seems a bit misanthropic; why do you like that quote Torunn?

@Torunn said
It seems to make sense. If you are troubled on your inside, you might try very hard for it not to show. So basically it is about control. That is my thought.

@divegeester said
You’re very calm on the outside 🤔😉

“Solitude is dangerous. It’s very addictive. It becomes a habit after you realise how peaceful and calm it is. It’s like you don’t want to deal with people anymore because they drain your energy.”

– Jim Carrey

“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” —Desmond Tutu

A person who trophy hunts will realise before dying that he can not say he regrets nothing.
Me.

Tell me and I forget,
teach me and I remember,
involve me and I learn.

Xunzi

"𝐼𝑛𝑡𝑜 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑑𝑎𝑟𝑘, 𝐼 𝑠𝑜𝑓𝑡𝑙𝑦 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑,
𝑁𝑜 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟, 𝑛𝑜 𝑑𝑜𝑢𝑏𝑡, 𝑛𝑜 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑑𝑠 𝑢𝑛𝑠𝑎𝑖𝑑
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑠ℎ𝑎𝑑𝑜𝑤𝑠 𝑠𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑡𝑐ℎ, 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 ℎ𝑜𝑙𝑑 𝑚𝑒 𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑟,
𝐴 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑓𝑜𝑟𝑡 𝑑𝑒𝑒𝑝, 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑛 𝑜𝑓 𝑓𝑒𝑎𝑟
𝐸𝑎𝑐ℎ 𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑝 𝐼 𝑡𝑎𝑘𝑒, 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑠 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑,
𝐴 𝑟𝑒𝑓𝑢𝑔𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑚𝑦 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑚𝑖𝑛𝑑
𝐹𝑜𝑟 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑛𝑒𝑠𝑠, 𝑝𝑒𝑎𝑐𝑒 𝑖𝑠 𝑠𝑜𝑤𝑛,
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑢𝑛𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐼 𝑎𝑚 ℎ𝑜𝑚𝑒"

‘We need poetry, desperately. ‘

(Anonymous - graffitied on a wall in Palermo)

The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write,
but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.

~ Alvin Toffler

"I woke up this morning determined to eat right, drink less and exercise more, but that was four hours ago, I was younger then, full of hope."