Monday 18 March 2024

Quotes: Friedrich Nietzsche

"Be careful, lest in fighting the dragon you become the dragon."

–– Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) German poet and philosopher 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001.

Sunday 17 March 2024

Quotes: Carl Jung

"The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist 

Source: Daily Philosopher, Instagram, March 11, 2024.

Saturday 16 March 2024

Quotes: Cecil Day-Lewis

"We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand." 

–– Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-1972), Anglo-Irish poet 

Source: C. Day-Lewis. The Poetic Image quoted in Gabrielle Lusser Rico. Writing the Natural Way. New York: J.P. Tarcher, 1983; p. 29. 

via: Commonplace Book 1999-2001, 2001.

Friday 15 March 2024

Quotes: Rūmī

"Let yourself be drawn by the strange pull of what you love. It will not lead you astray."

 –– Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273), Persian poet and Sufi mystic; interpretation by Coleman Barks (b. 1937), American poet 

Thursday 14 March 2024

Quotes: Anthony Robbins

"All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone." 

–– Anthony Robbins (b. 1960), American author and public speaker 

Source: Daily Philosopher, Instagram, March 6, 2024.

Wednesday 13 March 2024

Quotes: Jane Goodall

"I hope people take away the fact that it is possible to have a different sort of life." 

–– Jane Goodall (b. 1934), English primatologist and anthropologist 

Source: Nitch, Instagram, March 6, 2024.

Tuesday 12 March 2024

Quotes: Carl Jung

"Where your fear is, there your task is."

–– Carl Jung (1875-1961), Swiss psychiatrist and psychologist