State of Ataraxia: Archive

November 2011

116 posts

“Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good.” —

Vaclav Havel

Nov 11, 201110 notes

#hope #love #inspirational #quote #vaclav havel #joy

“The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen nor even touched, but just felt in the heart.” —Helen Keller, The Story of My Life

Nov 10, 2011

“I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn’t be our style. Pain heals, chicks dig scars, glory lasts forever.” —

Shane Falco, The Replacements

Nov 10, 20113 notes

#nfl #football #quote #inspirational #shane falco #the replacements #film #movie #sports

Nov 9, 2011298 notes

#space shuttle #discovery #space #voyage #andre gide #quote #ocean #journey #travel #future

Nov 9, 201115 notes

#nuclear #nuclear weapon #atomic bomb #destruction #war #oppenheimer #bhagavad gita #death

Nov 9, 201134 notes

#protest #anarchy #libertarianism #liberty #freedom #joseph addison #fight

Nov 8, 201136 notes

#fashion #clothes #sartorial #adrien brody #actor

“Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.” —Andrew Jackson

Nov 8, 201157 notes

#president #andrew jackson #quote #decision #courage #inspirational #usa

Nov 8, 201117 notes

#blues brothers #classic films #film #cinema #quote #elwood #jake #music

Nov 8, 2011756 notes

#library #books #reading #francis bacon #quote #learning

Nov 8, 201112 notes

#nathan hale #american #war of independence #1776 #quote #military #army #iraq #afghanistan #war on terror #patriotism

“History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.” —Abba Eban

Nov 8, 2011

#abba eban #quote #inspirational

“Nous cherchons tous le bonheur, mais sans savoir où, comme les ivrognes qui cherchent leur maison, sachant confusément qu’ils en ont une.” —

Voltaire, Notebooks (c.1735-c.1750)

Nov 8, 2011

Nov 7, 201183 notes

#wallpaper #picture #brain #right #left #amazing

Play

Nov 7, 201114 notes

#under milkwood #dylan thomas #richard burton #story #night #darkness #evening #city #driving

“I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” —Mark Twain

Nov 7, 20112 notes

#mark twain #quote #schooling #education #inspirational #knowledge #wisdom

“And if I ever needed proof of how the Dark Side have taken the beautiful dream of what a nation could be and had twisted it, destroyed it. Well, that was it.
But I won’t stop.
I won’t give up.
Because when I look at what is happening in the world, I know that now, more than ever, we need to be all that we can be. Now, more than ever, we need the Jedi.” —Bob Wilton, Men Who Stare At Goats

Nov 7, 20115 notes

#men who stare at goats #film #inspirational #jedi #george clooney #ewan mcgregor

Nov 7, 2011

“

Denny: Tom Delay is a friend of mine. He advised me to keep a rifle in the office

Detective: My question is: Did it appear that the suspect was about to shoot Mr. Shore before you decided to take him out?

Denny: No, why the hell would I wait for that?

” —Hired Guns, 1.10 Boston Legal

Nov 7, 201124 notes

#boston legal #denny crane #alan shore #lawyer #boston #quote #tv #guns