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If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

If you want an open society, you have to put up with the chaos.

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When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the read more

When one is rising, standing, walking, doing something, stopping, one should constantly concentrate one's mind on the act and the doing of it, not one ones' relation to the act or its character or value... One should simply practice concentration of the mind on the act itself, understanding it to be an expedient means for attaining tranquility of mind, realization, insight, and wisdom.

by Ashvaghosha Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

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You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.

You grow up on the day you have your first real laugh at, yourself.

by Ethel Barrymore Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

Capital punishment would be more effective as a preventive measure if it were administered prior to the crime.

by Woody Allen Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of read more

I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.

by Diane Ackerman Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

Unexplained joy is always so keen that... it seems to hold enough to reconcile one to the inevitable.

by Jessie B. Fremont Found in: Melancholy Quotes,
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Don't tell me peace has broken out.

Don't tell me peace has broken out.

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It's the things I might have said that fester.

It's the things I might have said that fester.

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