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Search results for "Nietzsche" (showing 1-20 of 819 quotes) "For me, trees have always been the most penetrating preachers. I revere them when they live in tribes and families, in forests and groves. And even more I revere them when they stand alone. They are like lonely persons. Not like hermits who have stolen away out of some weakness, but like great, solitary men, like Beethoven and Nietzsche.

The Kony 2012 video phenomenon « evan lieberman I could say that I simply didn’t have time to watch the KONY 2012 video all week, but the truth is I really didn’t have any interest. Sure, I heard that it was going viral, but since I was familiar with the nature of the atrocities committed by Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) — particularly the recruitment of child soldiers to his fanatical cult, and aspirations of developing a theocratic state — it didn’t initially occur to me that I ought to watch. But then a friend asked for my reflections on the phenomenon, and I decided to join just about everyone else and invest about 29 minutes in front of my computer screen. Between the time when I started this morning, and when I finished this afternoon, more than 4 million views were added to the tally, reaching over 56 million.

Before I Die What matters most to you Interactive public art project that invites people to share their personal aspirations in public. After losing someone she loved and falling into depression, Chang created this experiment on an abandoned house in her neighborhood to create an anonymous place to help restore perspective and share intimately with her neighbors. The project gained global attention and thanks to passionate people around the world, over 1000 Before I Die walls have now been created in over 70 countries, including Kazakhstan, Iraq, Haiti, China, Ukraine, Portugal, Japan, Denmark, Argentina, and South Africa.

& Best Procrastination Tip Ever :zen habits - StumbleUpon Post written by Leo Babauta. Your first thought as you look at this article will be, “I’ll read this later.” But don’t. Best Quotes of All Time It’s been three years since we shared our original list of some of the best quotes of all time, and we felt it was a good time for an update. We’ve added another 25 quotes for you. But these aren’t just any quotes. These are quotes designed to inspire. They’re motivational quotes that will hopefully get you thinking about your life, your work, or your dreams and how you can make these things better. I know quotes researched online often come in slightly different variations, so if you’ve heard another version of one of these, please share it with us in the comments.

25 Beautifully Illustrated Thought-Provoking Questions 405 Flares Facebook 137 Twitter 5 Google+ 194 StumbleUpon 1 Pin It Share 68 68 405 Flares × A question that makes you think is worth asking… At the cusp of a new day, week, month, or year, most of us take a little time to reflect on our lives by looking back over the past and ahead into the future. If You Hate Taxes . . . Found at the excellent blog What Would Jack Do?: If you’re a conservative who hates taxes, please do the following. The fact is, we pay for the lifestyle we expect. Without taxes, our lifestyles would be totally different and much harder.

25 Quotes on Humor Humor really is our saving grace, and it helps keep us psychologically healthy. 25 Quotes on Humor - Part 2 can be found here: Part 2 "Laugh as much as possible, always laugh. Like it, Pin it, Sell It - Why Pinterest Matters for Your Business Pinterest. Is this a term that makes you scratch your head, or does it describe your latest obsession? I can definitely say around our office, it’s everyone’s latest obsession, and it looks like we’re not alone. In December, 2011, Hitwise listed Pinterest as one of the Web’s Top 10 and Time listed it as a Top 5 social network of 2011. comScore also reports that as of November, 2011, Pinterest had almost 5 million users. And, according to Biz Report, new statistics, recently released by social sharing tools firm Shareaholic, reveal that Pinterest is pushing up the rankings to drive almost as much referral traffic (3.6%) as Twitter (3.61%) and Google (3.62%). In fact, Pinterest now drives more referral traffic than YouTube (1.05%), Reddit (0.83%) and Google+ (0.22%)!

40 Photo-Illustrated Questions to Refocus Your Mind Asking the right questions is the answer… It’s not the answers you get from others that will help you, but the questions you ask of yourself. Here are 40 thought-provoking questions to help you refresh and refocus your thinking: Please share your thoughts with us in the comments section below. Top 10 Websites To Watch Movies Online For Free Without Downloading - StumbleUpon It is easy to watch FREE movies online from China here, since there are many video websites for you to do that, but outside China, there may be not many video websites to watch movies online for free, because of the Copyright thing. However, God likes free. There are always some great people who do the great things and let us watch full movies online for free.

Words To Live By- Quotes to Ponder As The New Year Approaches 5Tweet 0Stumble 22Share 1Share 2Share 3.7KShare 3.8KShare Although I don’t believe in New Year’s Eve Resolutions, I am making a decision right now to try to not be so neurotic next year. It’s NOT a resolution, seriously, just a life change that happens to fall right around the start of a new year. I found these inspirational quotes on Pinterest to help remind me to just chill out, think more clearly, and not be such a crazy person all the time. decoration: underline; color: #76838b;” href=” target=”_blank”>Pinterest get thisGreatest Oak

Perception . . . Something To Think About. . . Washington, DC Metro Station on a cold January morning in 2007. The man with a violin played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes.

that, he does my friends. that, he does by filipino1stash Dec 22

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