Blavier Maison Quotes

#1. The astronomer who catalogues the stars cannot add one atom to the universe; the poet can call an universe from the atom.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

#2. Instead of fretting about getting everything done, why not simply accept that being alive means having things to do? Then drop into full engagement with whatever you're doing, and let the worry go.

Martha Beck

#3. If one watches whence the notion 'I' arises, the mind gets absorbed there; that is tapas. When a mantra is repeated, if one watches whence that mantra sound arises, the mind gets absorbed
there; that is tapas.

Ramana Maharshi

#4. We spend millions of dollars to remove pain from our lives. It's why so many people get hooked on painkillers. The body becomes addicted to painlessness. That tells you a lot.

Henry Rollins

#5. i am queen of percha, sullenest of the seven seas, Behold my dusky desert beauty". She wiped of her scarf and did a terrible belly dance.

Soman Chainani

#6. Such avian silence is punctuated only by the occasional plunk of a trout sinking an ovipositioning daddy longlegs, and the hysterical cackle of a Mallard that finally gets last night's joke.

Bruce Beckham

#7. Few spirits are made better by the pain and languor of sickness; as few great pilgrims become eminent saints.

Thomas A Kempis

#8. I don't want to indulge myself in the luxury of writing beautiful paragraphs just for the sake of making beautiful writing. That doesn't interest me. I want everything to be essential.

Jonathan Lethem

#9. How soon human beings forget what a privilege it is to live in freedom. A privilege, not an honor. An honor would mean we deserved it. We do not.

Walter Kirn

#10. But despite the fact that Reardan is a tiny town, people can still be strangers to each other.

Sherman Alexie