“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity.” — Edward Newton (via) (via jingc) (via mandalay) (via emilyposts)
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the dalai lama’s rules for living
♥ take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
♥ when you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
♥ follow the three Rs:
- respect for self
- respect for others
- responsibility for all your actions.
♥ remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
♥ learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
♥ don’t let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
♥ when you realize you’ve made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
♥ spend some time alone every day.
♥ open your arms to change, but don’t let go of your values.
♥ remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
♥ live a good, honourable life. then when you get older and think back, you’ll be able to enjoy it a second time.
♥ a loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
♥ in disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. don’t bring up the past.
♥ share your knowledge. it’s a way to achieve immortality.
♥ be gentle with the earth.
♥ once a year, go someplace you’ve never been before.
♥ remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
♥ judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.(via katdogs)
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AKA, the story of my life.
I refer to this a lot
♥!
this always happens to me.
Google continues its celebration of Sesame Street’s 40th birthday.
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That movie really hammered the point across. Right.On.The.Money.
winner! hahahahaha!
“I like the days when boys were written down on paper listed on your top 5, instead of you carrying them in your heart. When you would brag about how cool your parents were, instead of talking about how they now ruin your lives. When the only reason you didn’t want to get out of bed for school was because you were sleepy, and now it’s because each day is a struggle. When hide and seek was the coolest game, instead of guys seeing how many girls they can go out with at one time. When you wished upon birthday candles, and now you wish on a boy who is holding your heart. The days when you were just a kid who still had the innocence, and now you’re a young adult who knows that everything has changed.” — Chloe Higashida (via runawaytrain)
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I want to beg of you much as I can to be patient
toward all that’s unsolved in your heart,
and learn to love the questions themselves,
like locked rooms, or like books that are
written in a very foreign tongue.
Do not seek the answers, which cannot be given you,
because you would not be able to live them,
and the point is to live everything.
Live the question now,
perhaps you will then, gradually, without noticing it,
live along some distant day into the answer.