Big Thoughts, Human-sized Canvas
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One principal reason why our existence has so much less of happiness crowded into it than is accessible to us is, that we neglect to gather up those minute particles of pleasure which every moment offers to our acceptance. In striving after…
Everything that is thought and expressed in words is one-sided, only half the truth; it all lacks totality, completeness, unity. When the Illustrious Buddha taught about the world, he had to divide it into Samsara and Nirvana, into illusion and…
“That’s a good thing,” the assistant told me. “When you’re screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they’ve given up on you.”
That lesson has struck with me my whole life. When you…
QuoteSnack offers quotes daily, attributed and linked to a confirmed, published source. In addition, I’ll sometimes post a writing prompt with simple instructions. The next post will be a quote that has something to do with the prompt, so you can take a peek at differences or similarities in how someone else relates [...]
Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. Well, let folly be our cloak, a…
“God is one for everybody, only people are different. Some Russian, some are Turks, or some are English – there are many kinds of people, but God is one.
“Very good, sir. If all people worship one God, why do you…”
QuoteSnack offers a daily quote, attributed and linked to a confirmed, published source. In addition, I’ll sometimes post a writing prompt with simple instructions. The next post will be a quote that has something to do with the prompt, so you can take a peek at differences or similarities in how someone else [...]
Salomon turns the color of his hair, brick-red; even his shirty eyes go bloodshot, but from his full, pleasant mouth pours a flood of almost amorous supplications.
“My darling, my pet, don’t start saying silly things. I’ve…”
M. Haume’s conviction and the catalogue of his woes were already becoming tedious… Then – as though suddenly inspired – I cried “Have you tried to get Paris on the telephone?”
He brushed my suggestion aside with a sweep of the…
QuoteSnack offers a daily quote, attributed and linked to a confirmed, published source. In addition, I’ll sometimes post a writing prompt and some simple instructions. The next post will be a quote that has something to do with the prompt, so you can take a peek at differences or similarities in how someone [...]
I studied the bottom of my cup, then I furtively glanced up at Claudine who happened to be looking at me and who murmured very low to her husband, as if she were talking to herself:
“What marvelous eyes Annie’s got, hasn’t she, Renaud…”
