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Fairy's bookmarks The world itself is pregnant with failure, is the perfect manifestation of imperfection, of the consciousness of failure. Example moves the world more than doctrine. The great exemplars are the poets of action, and it makes little difference whether they be forces for good or forces for evil. The dreamer whose dreams are non-utilitarian has no place in this world. No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to.

I have always looked upon decay as being just as wonderful and rich an expression of life as growth. Be who you are and say what you feel, because the people who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers. A wise old owl sat on an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird?

Progress is a tide. You want to kill me?

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Youtube. Be happy. Do more thinking. Little prince. Stars. What did YOU do? Wandering mind. My Hefty Hideaway. Shannon Kennedy. The day I die. 20 sec reading: How to behave like a fool. It will be sunny one day. Early-2006, during a bout of depression, a young lady by the name of Crystal Nunn wrote a desperate letter to Stephen Fry.

It will be sunny one day

Says Crystal: "I had no idea who to turn to. But I really needed someone to turn to and to ease the pain. So I wrote to Stephen Fry because he is my hero, and he has been through this himself. And low and behold, he replied to my letter, and I will love him eternally for this. " Mr. Transcript follows. (Source: Crystal; Image: Stephen Fry, via.) Transcript April 10, 2006Dear Crystal,I'm so sorry to hear that life is getting you down at the moment. Life - Heartbark.com. Why We Can't Wait. A methodology and philosophy of revolution is neither born nor accepted overnight.

Why We Can't Wait

From the moment it emerges, it is subjected to rigorous tests, opposition, scorn and prejudice. The old guard in any society resents new methods, for old guards wear the decorations and medals won by waging battle in the accepted manner. Often opposition comes not only from the conservatives, who cling to tradition, but also from the extremist militants, who favor neither the old nor the new. Many of these extremists misread the significance and intent of nonviolence because they failed to perceive that militancy is also the father of the nonviolent way. Angry exhortation from street corners and stirring calls for the Negro to arm and go forth to do battle stimulate loud applause. We had decided to limit the first few days’ efforts to sit-ins. On one dramatic occasion even Bull Connor’s men were shaken. “Dammit. Martin Luther King, Jr., Why We Can’t Wait.

Gil Scott-Heron – The Revolution Will Not Be Televised (Rare Monologue) 11 Inspiring Life Lessons from Bruce Lee. Bruce Lee was an actor, philosopher, film director, producer, screenwriter and martial artist.

11 Inspiring Life Lessons from Bruce Lee

He was born in November 1940 and died July 1973 from a mysterious brain hemorrhage. Many consider Bruce Lee to be one of the most influential martial artists of the 20th century. His films took martial arts to a whole new level. He was a pioneer when it came to making Chinese martial arts more popular in the west. He still to this day is considered a legend, and his philosophy lives on through his martial art Jeet Kune Do and through his writing.

When I grew up, I always looked up to Bruce Lee. He was this short guy, who weighed very little, yet seemed to have the power of a lion. Here are 11 powerful life lessons I learned from Bruce Lee: Goals “A goal is not always meant to be reached, it often serves simply as something to aim at.” Goals serve as something to aim for, so don’t get too hung up on reaching them. Flexibility The happiest people in the world are flexible.