Resist and multiply

“Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different, yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today.”

(Source: quote-book)

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.”

“I have learned silence from the talkative, tolerance from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind. I should not be ungrateful to these teachers.”

(Source: thelittlesea)

“The human race, to which so many of my readers belong, has been playing at children’s games from the beginning, and will probably do it till the end, which is a nuisance for the few people who grow up.”

“If nothing saves us from death, at least love should save us form life.”

“To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering one must not love. But then one suffers from not loving. Therefore to love is to suffer, not to love is to suffer. To suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy then is to suffer. But suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be unhappy one must love, or love to suffer, or suffer from too much happiness. I hope you’re getting this down.”

“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?”

“We now live in a world where information is potentially unlimited. Information is cheap, but meaning is expensive. Where is the meaning? Only human beings can tell you where it is. We’re extracting meaning from our minds and our own lives.”

“When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.”

(Source: quote-book)