One always dies too soon or too late. And yet, life is there, finished: the line is drawn, and it must all be added up. You are nothing other than you life. -Jean-Paul Sartre
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
-Lewis Carroll / Alice in Wonderland
My dear, here we must run as fast as we can, just to stay in place. And if you wish to go anywhere you must run twice as fast as that.
-Lewis Carroll / Alice in Wonderland
There is a spontaneous conforming to learning without being consciously aware of doing so.
-Yagyu Munenori
Great thoughts for today, or anyday. And I love the one above by Einstein.
ReplyDeleteCatherine
nice. love that Alice quote...
ReplyDeleteIs that you in the photo doing all that work?
ReplyDeleteMakes me also think of...can't always believe what you feel.
ReplyDeleteYou are nothing more than your life! I agree with that 100%
ReplyDeleteOr, as Popeye used 2 say: I yam what I yam ; )
ReplyDeleteI like the Sartre quote. The photo is very interesting. is that you?
ReplyDeleteYes, it is. I found it while shuffling the studio... from a while ago, but some things never change, yes? -J
ReplyDeleteCM- Popeye had a great message, bad, but charming, grammar aside! -J
yes, i enjoyed them all... but my favorite is your Einstein quote
ReplyDeleteWhat a very powerful photo. The Sartre quote made me well up a little.
ReplyDeleteAlice certainly got that one right!
ReplyDeletei saw another alice-quote in a blogtoday.
ReplyDeletelife is running so fast or are we going to slow?:))
"There is a spontaneous conforming to learning without being consciously aware of doing so"
ReplyDeleteisn't this how children learn... yet we forget it, too soon...
There must be some kind of "Zen of Alice" like there was a Zen of Pooh.
ReplyDeletethere must be.
I can remember being in the kitchen with my mum crying....looking down at me she would say "I wish I could stop this 'merry go round' and get off for a few minutes.
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