The quotes of the day

[uniltiranyu aean]

the things you love most are the ones that destroy you. -Cassandra Clare, the mortal instruments, (the character Jace)

why is Monday so far away from Friday, but Friday so near to Monday?! -Perfect Sayings, Instagram

don't tell me the sky is the limit if there are footprints on the moon.-Paul Brandt

[EyeOfPython]

Those who like great physicians:

Spoiler

[archaic]

"Many forms of Gov­ern­ment have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pre­tends that democ­racy is per­fect or all-wise. Indeed it has been said that democ­racy is the worst form of Gov­ern­ment except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time"

Win­ston Churchill.

[uniltiranyu aean]

What a strange power there is in clothing.
Isaac Bashevis

[Dreamlight]

"Die Freude ist ein Moment, unverpflichtet, von vornherein zeitlos, nicht zu halten, aber eigentlich auch nicht wieder zu verlieren."
("Joy is a moment, without obligation, timeless from the outset, not to hold, but in essence also not to lose.")
--Rainer Maria Rilke

(The translation is my own, but I'm sure it loses a lot in any translation.)

[Vawmataw]

Sie sprechen Deutsch?
Nice quote though!

[Dreamlight]

Ja, ich spreche Deutsch, ein wenig, though I'm a bit out of practice nowadays. 

[阿波]

"You ain't learning, when you're talking."

True for language learning.

[阿波]

"I shall cleanse this insult with thy blood!" the knight yelled while throwing his glove before the Witcher's feet. "I demand satisfaction!"
"Boy, it seems you've dropped something," said coldly the priestess. "This temple is a sacred place, no littering is allowed here."

As you may have guessed, it's a passage from the Witcher (it's my translation of the Chinese translation of presumably the English translation of the original Polish. So, some things may have been lost in translation(s)). What an awesome series

[Dreamlight]

"The test of a true myth is that each time you return to it, new insights and interpretations arise." --Starhawk

[archaic]

"You'll never beat a fool with logic or facts, but you can demolish anyone with sincerely spoken nonsense"
-Unknown.

[Dreamlight]

"Changes and progress very rarely are gifts from above.  They come out of struggles from below." --Noam Chomsky

[uniltiranyu aean]

Forget the haters, only god can judge you
(I think its in a song of miley...Im sorry, I don't like her either but the quote is really good...)
((but for people who really don't like her:
'Only go can judge you' from tupac ))

[Vawmataw]

Music is a more universal language than any spoken/written language, and it is a gift to be good at it. - 'Eylan Ayfalulukanä

[Dreamlight]

"The cosmos is interesting rather than perfect, and everything is not part of some greater plan, nor is all necessarily under control."  --Starhawk

[阿波]

"If anyone at my funeral has a long face, I'll never speak to him again."
-Stan Laurel

[archaic]

"Every native people knows that they must look after the natural world, but people forget this when they live in the city." Barrack Obama.


"Civilization plus human nature equals mass extinction, including our own." Archaic.

[Vawmataw]

"Every native people knows that they must look after the natural world, but people forget this when they live in the city." Barack Obama.

Amen.

[Tstewa Ikrantsyìp]

"Every native people knows that they must look after the natural world, but people forget this when they live in the city." Barack Obama.

Amen.

So true

[uniltiranyu aean]

I don't need you I have the internet and my books