The white policeman was a man who gave an impression of heaviness. It wasn't that he was fat, but he sagged as if with a moral or psychic burden; his shoulders sagged, his eyes sagged, his suit sagged and he sat sagged in his chair, as if his disappo...
...even misplaced faith can help us gain knowledge. We try to be smart about where we put our faith and we adjust as we learn more.
If the opposite of certainty is doubt, humility must lie somewhere between the two,
There ought to be a law that allows eavesdroppers to sue.
It is a happiness to wonder; -- it is a happiness to dream.
Nothing happens unless first a dream.
A dream is a miracle turned inside out!
Some dreams tell us what we wish to believe. Some dreams tell us what we fear. Some dreams are of what we know though we may not know we know it. The rarest dream is the dream that tells us what we have not known.
in dreams it is often the case that the greatest extravagances seem bereft of their power to astonish and the most improbable chimeras seem commonplace.
...Dreams come to tell us something about our lives that we are missing.
Ah, dream too bright to last! Ah, starry Hope! that didst arise But to be overcast! A voice from out the Future cries, "On! on!" — but o'er the Past (Dim gulf!) my spirit hovering lies Mute, motionless, aghast.
What if you slept And what if In your sleep You dreamed And what if In your dream You went to heaven And there plucked a strange and beautiful flower And what if When you awoke You had that flower in you hand Ah, what then?
Dreams have always expanded our understanding of reality by challenging our boundaries of the real, the possible.
I like to have a martini, Two at the very most. After three I'm under the table, after four I'm under my host.
Somehow, we were passing the boundaries of language and finding clarity in shared thought, even if we were just talking about beer!
My professional life had started and here I was at a professional dinner full of uninhibited drinking.
We survived. You and I. And those who survive have a duty. Our duty is to do our best to keep on living. Even if our lives are not perfect.
Aren't you afraid of dying? Not really. I've watched lots of good-for-nothing, worthless people die, and if people like that can do it, then I should be able to handle it.
Just make sure that the thing you're living for is worth dying for." --Levi
It rains And rains And rains. But there is a sky above the rain, Nothing can rot the sky. Earth has turned to mud. What of it? The heart of the planet is made of fire, of ardent sun. (from "A Rainy Day")
Moments are the elements of profit
