August 2010
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“In my view, the only intelligence worth defending is critical, dialectical,...”
– In Remembrance of Susan Sontag: Observatory: Design Observer
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“La liberté extérieure que nous atteindrons dépend du degré de liberté intérieure...”
– Mahatma Gandhi / Matthieu Ricard | Blog
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“The whole secret of existence is to have no fear. Never fear what will become of...”
– The Buddha
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“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it...”
– The Buddha
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“« Bref, nous sommes libres quand nos actes émanent de notre personnalité...”
– La liberté selon Henri Bergson…ou une alternative au libre-arbitre et au déterminisme - Cours de philosophie - Initiation
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“Il faut désirer ce qui manque, et souffrir.
Ou bien désirer ce qui est, et se...”
– André Comte-Sponville Le goût de vivre, page 178
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French words with no English translation
52hearts:
Dépaysement: The sensation of being in another country.
La douleur exquise: The heart-wrenching pain of wanting someone you can’t have. Even a Sex in the City episode was named after it!
Chômer: To be unemployed, but because it’s a verb, it makes the state active.
Profiter: To make the most of or take advantage of.
Flâneur: As defined in the book Elegant Wits and Grand...
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“When it snows, you have two choices: shovel or make snow angels”
– Sheena Iyengar on the art of choosing | Video on TED.com
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“I realise there’s something incredibly honest about trees in winter, how they’re...”
– Jeffrey McDaniel (via wolvesatnight) (via finallyseeing)
It’s incredible how you spend your whole life trying to be in control of your emotions and not ever showing your weak side to the public yet one persons absence can make you publicly hate humanity.
(via blua)
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July 2010
81 posts
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