theodor geisel

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.

- Dr. Seuss image found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dr_Seuss

hesse

People with courage and character always seem sinister to the rest.
- Hermann Hesse


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http://www.atmann.net/alpaction.htm

thomas huxley

Quote of the Day - Thomas Huxley - "It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance."












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galileo

I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.

Galileo Galilei (3)

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Dubuffet


“…I rush towards strange things. I am quite convinced that truth is strange; it is at the far end of strangeness that one has a chance to find the key to things.”




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einstein's theory of relativity

Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. That's relativity.
Albert Einstein

birds

In order to see birds its is necessary to become a part of the silence. - Robert Lynd


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sam

You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.
-Mark Twain


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http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/twain.html

humour

"Whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters."
- Margaret Halsey

jung

"Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves."
- Carl Jung

think about it!

now think about it again!

i'd be very interested in hearing your interpretation. so go ahead, don't be shy, there are no wrong answers!

thanks for sharing

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lucy grealy

“The general plot of life is sometimes shaped by the different ways genuine intelligence combines with equally genuine ignorance.”

-Lucy Grealy, from Autobiography of a Face, p. 205






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inspiration

Just remember - when you think all is lost, the future remains

- Dr. Robert H. Goddard. American rocket engineer 1882-1945

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groucho on politics

Groucho Marx - "All people are born alike - except Republicans and Democrats."

although it may not hold the social and or political relevance it did in it's day, i still think this is a very witty quote, with MANY layers of truth. i know what i think about it--what do you?

photo found at:

http://www.groucho-marx.com/

theodore geisel

Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
- Dr. Seuss









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einstein defines religion

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind.
- Albert Einstein





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The one thing that matters is the effort.

- Antoine de Saint-Exupery. French Pilot, Writer and Author of 'The Little Prince', 1900-1944

why you are here

thank you for visiting my site. i've been collecting quotes all of my life, and i just figured it made more sense to put them all in one place instead of all over.

also, i'm very interested in what you have to say, be it interpretation, anecdote or your own quotes, insights and wisdom.

please comment freely and often!