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Sunday, 22 March
Two thoughts from William Wordsworth
“Strongest minds
Are often those of whom the noisy world
Hears least.”
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
Monday, 23 March
Two thoughts from Ezra Pound
“Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.”
“I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn’t irascible.”
Tuesday, 24 March
Two thoughts from Julian Jaynes
“Memory is the medium of the must-have-been.”
“Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.”
Wednesday, 25 March
Two thoughts from Cheryl Strayed
“You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt with. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding”
“Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves.”
Thursday, 26 March
Two thoughts from Stephen Elliott
“What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.”
“If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.”
Friday, 27 March
Two thoughts from Mick Jagger
“You can’t always get what you want, but if you try sometimes, you might find, you get what you need.”
“Polarization affects families and groups of friends. Its a paralyzing situation. A civil war of opinion.”
Saturday, 28 March
Two thoughts from Émile Coué
“The power of thought, of idea, is incommensurable, is immeasurable. The world is dominated by thought.”
“From our birth to our death we are all the slaves of suggestion.”
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Love these- surprised that my fave is Mick Jagger!
Dear Jim,
Great quotes! Some of my faves this week:
William Wordsworth:
“Wisdom is oftentimes nearer when we stoop than when we soar.”
Ezra Pound:
“Genius is the capacity to see ten things where the ordinary man sees one.”
Julian Jaynes:
“Consciousness is always open to many possibilities because it involves play. It is always an adventure.”
Cheryl Strayed:
“You don’t have a right to the cards you believe you should have been dealt with. You have an obligation to play the hell out of the ones you’re holding”
“Fear, to a great extent, is born of a story we tell ourselves.”
Stephen Elliott:
“What we remember, and how we order and interpret what we believe to be true, are what shapes who we are.”
“If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.”
Thank you for sharing as always!
Love
Myq