Reife des Mannes: das heißt den Ernst
wiedergefunden haben, den man als Kind hatte,
beim Spiel.

The maturity of man: that means having found again
the seriousness that one had as a child
at play.
~Nietzsche

Never complain;
never explain.
~Benjamin Disraeli

177.

Once it is hard to be happier
than the company you keep,
you have arrived.

176.

Your thoughts on anything
are a portrait of your soul.

175.

I love how good it feels
to feel good simply
for the sake of
feeling good.

Die enge Pforte und der schmale Weg, der zum Leben führt,
ist der des guten Lebenswandels;
die weite Pforte und der breite Weg, den viele wandeln,
ist die Kirche.

The small gate and narrow way that lead to life
are that of the life well lived;
the wide gate and broad way that many go
is the church.
~Kant

στενὴ ἡ πύλη
καὶ τεθλιμμένη ἡ ὁδὸς
ἡ ἀπάγουσα εἰς τὴν ζωήν,
καὶ ὀλίγοι εἰσὶν οἱ εὑρίσκοντες αὐτήν.

Small the gate
and narrow the road
leading to life
and few are finding it.
~Jesus

Simple can be harder than complex.
~Steve Jobs

The simpler the better.
~Cary Grant

174.

Not knowing is
hardly the problem
that pretending you do is.

173.

Desires are best fulfilled
when you let God reveal
the path to them.

172.

The difference between fashion and style?
One is others telling you who you are,
the other is you telling them.

Was aus Liebe getan wird, geschieht
immer jenseits von Gut und Böse.

What is done out of love always
happens beyond good and evil.
~Nietzsche

Oh to ride the wind, to tread the air above the din.
Oh to laugh aloud, dancing as we fought the crowd.
~Robert Plant

171.

This morning, for the first time,
I could really fly in my dreams.

Wasn't it a millionaire who said
"Imagine no possessions"?
~Elvis Costello

All male costume in the West derives
either from warfare or sport.
~G. Bruce Boyer

Everything we know
has a history.
~Jared Anderson

170.

You shouldn’t ask for anything
you’re unwilling to work for.

169.

Finding presence when difficult patterns
arise is less about stilling them than
about being able to observe them.