Real friends

A friend is someone who gives you total freedom to be yourself.

~ Jim Morrison

the force that set them in motion

I am trying to give a name to the force that set them in motion.

Our demons

We never lose our demons, we only learn to live above them.

~ The Ancient One, Doctor Strange

where there is no path

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I hope that when the world comes to an end….

I hope that when the world comes to an end, I can breathe a sigh of relief, because there will be so much to look forward to.

~ Donnie Darko

People demand freedom of speech

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

~ Søren Kierkegaard

Where ignorance

Where ignorance is our master, there is no possibility of real peace.

~ Dalai Lama

But dignity

Hunger comes and goes, but dignity, once lost, never returns.

~ Nicolai Lilin, Siberian Education

The opposite of love

The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it’s indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it’s indifference.

~Elie Wiesel

So we beat on, boats against the current…

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter – tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther… And one fine morning – So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

~ Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby