Only in fugitive moments

Sunday, August 2nd, 2009

“In solitude I used to wander about the garden, alternately collecting birds’ eggs and meditating on the flight of time. If I may judge by my own recollections, the important and formative impressions of childhood rise to consciousness only in fugitive moments in the midst of childish occupations, and are never mentioned to adults. I think periods of browsing during which no occupation is imposed from without are important in youth because they give time for the formation of these apparently fugitive but really vital impressions.”

–Bertrand Russell, Autobiography

Thanks, Gretchen of The Happiness Project

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Quotes of note

Sunday, June 28th, 2009

It’s not you. It’s not me. It must be the guy behind the tree. – Huey Long

Remember you’re alive. – Joe Strummer

It feels a bit daunting until you have your plan. – Michelle Obama

Four suggestions to which you should allocate 30 minutes a day — choose a new and unfamiliar area of knowledge and explore it in depth, spend some time meditating or just thinking, practise observing and describing things, and practise imagining. – Nancy Andreasen

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