The World Motivation
A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.
“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.”
— Aldous Huxley · Death
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“A belief in hell and the knowledge that every ambition is doomed to frustration at the hands of a skeleton have never prevented the majority of human beings from behaving as though death were no more than an unfounded rumor.”
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”
“There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self.”
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.”
“Uncontrolled, the hunger and thirst after God may become an obstacle, cutting off the soul from what it desires. If a man would travel far along the mystic road, he must learn to desire God intensely but in stillness, passively and yet with all his heart and mind and strength.”
“Dream in a pragmatic way.”
“Death in the horror movies is when the monsters get you.”
“I love you now... I love you immortally, even if I die and there is nothing left of me.”
“Love has no age, no limit; and no death.”
“the wages”
“I have been bowling at the death sometimes. You need to focus. You know if you miss your target, you will go for a boundary, but it's also good because it makes you a really good bowler. You practise hard, and you try to bowl in one area most of the time.”
“Amy [Winehouse] changed pop music forever, I remember knowing there was hope, and feeling not alone because of her. She lived jazz, she lived the blues.”