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Author: imaginarywisdom

orphaned ideas are relentlessly nurtured in the twilight, while children dream of places they'll never know. and bearded men drink whisky at hours unfamiliar to most, an old man on a train says a prayer - perhaps for us all. a fleeting glimpse at genius in a back alley, comprehending antiquity in dime store windows, transcending existential realities with mechanical precision, the smell of lost principles in a courtroom, the unstretched yarn of moral fiber is less than a foot long learning to sail on a sea of burdens, yet drowning in inhibitions.

thought for the day

Posted on February 16, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking of what we want to become. Sometimes we motivate ourselves by thinking about who we don’t ever want to be again.”

– Shane Niemeyer

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thought for the day

Posted on February 15, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“Hardships often prepare ordinary people for an extraordinary destiny.”

– C.S. Lewis

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thought for the day

Posted on February 14, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“I have learned over the years that when one’s mind is made up, this diminishes fear.”

– Rosa Parks

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thought for the day

Posted on February 13, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“You can come out of the furnace of trouble two ways: if you let it consume you, you come out a cinder; but there is a kind of metal which refuses to be consumed, and comes out a star.”

– Jean Church

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thought for the day

Posted on February 12, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.”

– Bernard Williams

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thought for the day

Posted on February 11, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“We may think there is willpower involved, but more likely … change is due to want power. Wanting the new addiction more than the old one. Wanting the new me in preference to the person I am now.”

– George Sheehan

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thought for the day

Posted on February 10, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.”

– Helen Keller

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thought for the day

Posted on February 9, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer. And that makes me happy. For it says that no matter how hard the world pushes against me, within me, there’s something stronger — something better, pushing right back.”

– Albert Camus

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thought for the day

Posted on February 8, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”

– Nelson Mandela

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thought for the day

Posted on February 7, 2021December 30, 2020 by imaginarywisdom

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”

– Oscar Wilde

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