Posts tagged Aphorism

Life is resilient.  Life is fragile. ~ü [Image: Stephanie Hillson Fragile Light]

Life is resilient.  Life is fragile.

~ü

[Image: Stephanie Hillson Fragile Light]

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philipchircop: PLUNGE INTO THE WORDS AND WORLD OF W. H. AUDEN Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh. | W. H. Auden Let all your thinks be thanks. | W. H. Auden We would rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. | W. H. Auden A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.  | W. H. Auden There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love. | W. H. Auden Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely. | W. H. Auden in W. H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955 Take some time to ponder one or two quotations that resonate with you and share your reflections in the comments section.

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PLUNGE INTO THE WORDS AND WORLD OF W. H. AUDEN

  • Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can; all of them make me laugh. | W. H. Auden
  • Let all your thinks be thanks. | W. H. Auden
  • We would rather be ruined than changed; We would rather die in our dread Than climb the cross of the moment And let our illusions die. | W. H. Auden
  • A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.  | W. H. Auden
  • There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love. | W. H. Auden
  • Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely. | W. H. Auden in W. H. Auden: Prose, Volume III, 1949-1955

Take some time to ponder one or two quotations that resonate with you and share your reflections in the comments section.

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Beauty cannot be measured by how it looks but by the investment and care demonstrated in making it. ~ü

Beauty cannot be measured by how it looks but by the investment and care demonstrated in making it.

~ü

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An invisible thread connects those who are destined to meet, regardless of time, place, or circumstance. The thread may stretch or tangle, but it will never break.
Ancient Chinese Proverb

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Hearing is memory.  Everything you hear is immediately past tense. ~ü [Image: grebex]

Hearing is memory.  Everything you hear is immediately past tense.

~ü

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When I look at my old pictures, all I can see is what I used to be but am no longer. I think: What I can see is what I am not.
Aleksandar Hemon, The Lazarus Project 

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Whenever we proceed from the known into the unknown we may hope to understand, but we may have to learn at the same time a new meaning of the word “understanding.
Werner Heisenberg

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All paths inevitably change. ~ü

All paths inevitably change.

~ü

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Dreams are more powerful than reality. ~ü [Image: powdered graphite on paper by T. R. Ericsson, Etant Donnes series, 2010]

Dreams are more powerful than reality.

~ü

[Image: powdered graphite on paper by T. R. Ericsson, Etant Donnes series, 2010]

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The color of truth is grey.
André Gide (via aperfectcommotion)

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