“… the magician suggested to his sheep that they were not sheep at all; to some of them he suggested that they were lions, to others that they were eagles, to others that they were men, and to others that they were magicians.”
G. I. Gurdjieff, 1922 (In Ouspensky, In Search of the Miraculous)
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.”
Aristotle
“I don’t want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me.”
Frank Costello, as played by Jack Nicholson in The Departed (2006)
A fantastic and nice deleted scene (why someone decided to drop it? I really can’t understand) from “The italian job” (old version, 1969)
Of course, don’t miss the whole movie:
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“Parva leves capiunt animos”
(Small things fascinate little minds) –
Ovidius, Ars amatoria
A lot of “Home” movie with some Koyaanisqatsi quotes; a stunning monkey, some chicken horror, some views of Salto Angel (one of my personal obsessions) and some very touching moments. Definitely worth a look.
Today, everyone is talking about this speech. It’s sad that you’ve to die, to be listened; btw, surely a fantastic advice, if you have the gut to follow it…:-)
“Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
“Little souls wish you to be unhappy. It aggravates them to have you joyous, efficient and free. They like to feel that fate is disciplining you. It gives their egos wings if yours are clipped. You can ruin your life in an hour by listening to their puerile opinions.”
David Seabury
“Hope is the raw material of losers.”
Fernando Flores
