Herbal Tea for the Mind

A Place for Quotations

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I could shun the rosebush for it has thorns, or I could rejoice for it has roses. -Anonymous

He who draws the sword will most likely die from it.

I came into this world not cheifly to make the world a better place to live in, but to live in it.-Henry David Thoreau

For I should not have drawn my sword against men who are not knights as I am.-Cervantes

You've got to love life to have life, and you've got to have life to love life. It's what they call a vicious circle.-Our Town

Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.-Ralph Waldo Emerson

I don't want the world to see me

'Cause I don't think that they'd understand

When everything's made to be broken,

I just want you to know who I am

-The Goo Goo Dolls from Iris

Et puis, l'essentiel, c'est d'avoir fait ce qu'on avait a faire.-Jean-Paul Sartre

English translation: And then, the essential, is to have done what was needed to be done.

Ever and always.

Always and ever.

Time gave both darkness and dreams to you

-Enya

I've been praying

For some way to show them I'm not what they see

Yes I have done wrong

But what I did I thought needed to be done

I swear

-Dave Matthews

Is there anything more stupid than a man who cannot see his own stupidity?-Sophocles from Antigone

Sometimes it's just a little better to travel than to arrive-Robert M. Persig from Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance

Sleep, oh faithful warrior, upon thy carven pillow.

To sleep perchance to dream

Perchance to mess with reality

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For my part I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars make me dream-Vincent VanGogh

Today is the tomorrow that you thought of yesterday