All you need
“You know, sometimes all you need is twenty seconds of insane courage. Just literally twenty seconds of just embarrassing bravery. And I promise you, something great will come of it.”
Benjamin Mee, character in “We Bought a Zoo” (2011)
Beauty…too much?
I wonder if there is a limit about how much beauty you can manage… because sometimes it seems to me…how to say….too much…
Music
“Music expresses that which cannot be said and on which it is impossible to be silent.”
Victor Hugo
Life is really too short to be insignificant.
“Life is really too short to be insignificant.” – Charlie Chaplin
Please read the whole speech:
“I have forgiven mistakes that were indeed almost unforgivable. I’ve tried to replace people who were irreplaceable and tried to forget those who were unforgettable. I’ve acted on impulse, have been disappointed by people when I thought that this could never be possible. But I have also disappointed those who I love. I have laughed at inappropriate occasions. I’ve made friends that are now friends for life. I’ve screamed and jumped for joy. I’ve loved and I’ve been loved. But I have also Read more
Who have seen the end of war?
“Only the dead have seen the end of war.”
Plato (uncertain attribution)
Adventure vs. Routine
” If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal.”
Paulo Coelho
There is only one God and his name is Death
“- Do you pray to the gods?
– The old and the new.
– There is only one God and his name is Death. And there is only one thing we say to Death: “Not today.”
Swordmaster Syrio Forel to his pupil, Arya Stark – from “Game of Thrones”
Where are you?
“You’re not here.You’re with your trouble.
If you are with your trouble when fighting happens–
–More trouble for you.
Just so…How can you be quick as a snake…
…Or as quiet as a shadow…
…When you are somewhere else?”
Swordmaster Syrio Forel to his pupil, Arya Stark – from “Game of Thrones”
Believing untrue things
“We are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield.”
George Orwell (1946)
