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Post by feelsunshine on Sept 27, 2019 13:12:13 GMT -5
LOL, "all in the same boat" - another saying in Germany - I don't think it translates well to English either.
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Post by pam on Sept 27, 2019 15:50:26 GMT -5
LOL, "all in the same boat" - another saying in Germany - I don't think it translates well to English either. I thought this was a very common English saying.
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Post by feelsunshine on Sept 27, 2019 15:51:12 GMT -5
LOL, "all in the same boat" - another saying in Germany - I don't think it translates well to English either. I thought this was a very common English saying. Oh, good to know!
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Post by Dr. BiPAP Sachin on Sept 27, 2019 16:42:58 GMT -5
Continuing in the spirit of the OP, here's another quote.
"Common sense is not so common." - Voltaire
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Post by Nate on Sept 28, 2019 8:05:26 GMT -5
I'm not sure to whom this is most frequently attributed, but something I've seen a lot of recently:
If video games have taught me anything it's that encountering enemies means you're going the right way.
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Post by rebel6842 on Sept 28, 2019 19:02:35 GMT -5
"Our life is composed greatly from dreams, from the unconscious, and they must be brought into connection with action. They must be woven together."
- Anais Nin She's very quotable-on many subjects
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Post by linda on Oct 1, 2019 15:16:31 GMT -5
„Your diet is not only what you eat. It’s what you watch, what you listen to, what you read, the people you hang around. Be mindful on the things you are putting into your body. Emotionally, physically and spiritually.“
I don’t know where this is from, but I think it’s very true. Actually I spend quite some time on PD these days...
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Post by Amee on Oct 16, 2019 16:23:07 GMT -5
I received a little book by one of my favorite German poets a few days ago: "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke. It's a collection of letters Rilke wrote to a young poet, who had written to Rilke and asked him to critique his work. Rilke tells him in his first letter: "I cannot go into the nature of your verses; for all critical intention is too far from me. With nothing can one approach a work of art so little as with critical words: they always come down to more or less happy misunderstandings. Things are not all so comprehensible and expressible as one would mostly have us believe; most events are inexpressible, taking place in a realm which no word has ever entered, and more inexpressible than all else are works of art, mysterious existences, the life of which, while ours passes away, endures." He then goes on to give this young man advice on art and life in a series of letters and it's beautifully written, inspiring and thought-provoking. There was one passage in particular, which I loved: "You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." As someone, who is very often busy pondering questions about life and truth and meaning, this really spoke to me on a deep level. I felt a sense of calm at the thought of loving and living the questions. I read the book in the original German and from what I've read of the translation so far, I don't think the language quite reaches the beauty of the original, but it's probably still worth the read, if anyone's interested (it's a very short book ).
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Post by Nate on Oct 16, 2019 18:13:19 GMT -5
I received a little book by one of my favorite German poets a few days ago: "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke. It's a collection of letters Rilke wrote to a young poet, who had written to Rilke and asked him to critique his work. Rilke tells him in his first letter: "I cannot go into the nature of your verses; for all critical intention is too far from me. With nothing can one approach a work of art so little as with critical words: they always come down to more or less happy misunderstandings. Things are not all so comprehensible and expressible as one would mostly have us believe; most events are inexpressible, taking place in a realm which no word has ever entered, and more inexpressible than all else are works of art, mysterious existences, the life of which, while ours passes away, endures." He then goes on to give this young man advice on art and life in a series of letters and it's beautifully written, inspiring and thought-provoking. There was one passage in particular, which I loved: "You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." As someone, who is very often busy pondering questions about life and truth and meaning, this really spoke to me on a deep level. I felt a sense of calm at the thought of loving and living the questions. I read the book in the original German and from what I've read of the translation so far, I don't think the language quite reaches the beauty of the original, but it's probably still worth the read, if anyone's interested (it's a very short book ). This is beautiful and so vividly encapsulating of my current frame of mind; what I'm learning to do and be; one of the reasons I'm here on this forum.
Thanks for sharing!
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Post by linda on Oct 17, 2019 0:46:26 GMT -5
That does sound wonderful, Amee. I‘m going to check it out. Thanks for sharing.
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Post by SouthernCalGal on Oct 17, 2019 10:23:43 GMT -5
This was taken from an Instagram post by The Earth Tribe:
"To protect your energy... It's okay to cancel a commitment. It's okay to not answer a call. It's okay to change your mind. It's okay to want to be alone. It's okay to take a day off. It's okay to do nothing. It's okay to speak up. It's okay to let go."
Sometimes in this crazy world of ours, we forget a little self-care. Enjoy!
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Post by Turbowheeler on Oct 17, 2019 10:57:07 GMT -5
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game don't know who said it anymore but i live my life according to this quote
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Post by blueskye101 on Oct 19, 2019 12:02:48 GMT -5
I received a little book by one of my favorite German poets a few days ago: "Letters to a Young Poet" by Rainer Maria Rilke. It's a collection of letters Rilke wrote to a young poet, who had written to Rilke and asked him to critique his work. Rilke tells him in his first letter: "I cannot go into the nature of your verses; for all critical intention is too far from me. With nothing can one approach a work of art so little as with critical words: they always come down to more or less happy misunderstandings. Things are not all so comprehensible and expressible as one would mostly have us believe; most events are inexpressible, taking place in a realm which no word has ever entered, and more inexpressible than all else are works of art, mysterious existences, the life of which, while ours passes away, endures." He then goes on to give this young man advice on art and life in a series of letters and it's beautifully written, inspiring and thought-provoking. There was one passage in particular, which I loved: "You are so young, so before all beginning, and I want to beg you, as much as I can, dear sir, to be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and to try to love the questions themselves like locked rooms and like books that are written in a very foreign tongue. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is, to live everything. Live the questions now. Perhaps you will then gradually, without noticing it, live along some distant day into the answer." As someone, who is very often busy pondering questions about life and truth and meaning, this really spoke to me on a deep level. I felt a sense of calm at the thought of loving and living the questions. I read the book in the original German and from what I've read of the translation so far, I don't think the language quite reaches the beauty of the original, but it's probably still worth the read, if anyone's interested (it's a very short book ). Amee, love this little book. Have had it for many years and go back to it many times.
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Post by expresso on Oct 20, 2019 18:59:55 GMT -5
very nice - reading this actually just make me purchase this book - and another one for someone i know who would love it also
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Post by zacc on Oct 21, 2019 10:41:38 GMT -5
Here are some great quotes from Albert Camus, one of my favorite philosophers.
“Basically, at the very bottom of life, which seduces us all, there is only absurdity, and more absurdity. And maybe that's what gives us our joy for living, because the only thing that can defeat absurdity is lucidity.” from a letter written to Claude de Fréminville.
"The struggle itself towards the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.” from The Myth of Sisyphus and other Essays.
"Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?" from A Happy Death.
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