April 2011
2 posts
“If I am not for myself, then who will be for me? And if I am only for myself,...”
– Hillel the Elder (c. 60 BC-10 AD) , Jewish scholar and religious leader (via 52books)
March 2011
1 post
the new annoying?
I DIE.
Shut up. You won’t.
January 2011
1 post
“What does it take to be good at something in which failure is so easy, so...”
November 2010
1 post
October 2010
4 posts
“These people live in a cycle of poverty from which they can’t escape....”
All roads lead to home
TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; 5
Then took the other, as just as fair, And having perhaps the better claim, Because it was grassy and wanted wear; Though as for that the passing there Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning...
1,000 →
Tacky things, bad taste, expensive decorations,” he said. “But what is it we are celebrating? Taoism, Confucianism, communism, capitalism — Hanoi has everything, but it adds up to nothing.” As an urban landscape, though, Hanoi seems mostly to be succeeding, where other Asian cities have failed, in integrating development with preservation.
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September 2010
4 posts
this, that, and the fifth.
What do you keep in your fifth pocket?
June 2010
5 posts
1 tag
somewhere in between.
i love how he makes me wonder, wander, wonder →
Philosophy is not politics, and we do our best, within our all-too-human limitations, to seek the truth, not to score points against opponents. There is little satisfaction in gaining an easy triumph over a weak opponent while ignoring better arguments against your views.
Raising men →
Some might argue that I’m selfish to take him along on these adventures—that they offer him little. But I wholeheartedly disagree. As I watch my son explore these ancient Nabatean ruins, I see that he’s learning lessons that will be of great value to him later in life. That the best playthings are those powered only by imagination. That true communication requires a little patience. That family is...
Chivalry is alive and well... →
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May 2010
12 posts
“Clearly the secret of happiness is to seek out those good things that you can...”
– Richard Layard, Happiness: Lessons From a New Science (via jayparkinsonmd)
Preaching LOVE →
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Play.
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“Really: it’s about love. To pay attention to something, real attention,...”
– Paper Castle
Pushing Buttons
music ON, world OFF.
This is pretty celestial stuff. →
“A few times in my life I’ve had moments of absolute clarity, when for a...”
– George, Single Man
“walk with you? make believe? of course!”
– @ jennnnna ;)
April 2010
10 posts
i have a thing for sharks. →
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Wheels upon the tar, I said you do.
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WatchLove, this good life.
“You’re free to call your president an idiot, That’s a wonderful...”
– Barack Obama
“What I love most about my social life now is that it’s exactly the same as...”
– Alexander Wang Gang
March 2010
4 posts
“We owe all the great advances in knowledge to those who endeavor to find out how...”
– James Maxwell
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Stability →
February 2010
11 posts
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“To get something you never had, you have to do something you never did.”
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“Fascinating might not be the best word for it. Perhaps scintillating is more...”
– Paper Castle
The Awesomeness Manifesto →
Prepare to be disrupted by sheer awesomeness? fantastic!