"A throne is only a bench covered with velvet."
- Napoleon Bonaparte
posts tagged "wisdom"
"I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself."
- Simone de Beauvoir (via b0lly)
(Source: misswallflower, via cundinama)
"There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self."
- Ernest Hemingway (via asterisk-)
"Why be timid? Death is coming."
- S. Amstell (via staygoldjess)
(Source: 1000scientists, via staygoldjess)
"We are all alone, born alone, die alone, and — in spite of True Romance magazines — we shall all someday look back on our lives and see that, in spite of our company, we were alone the whole way. I do not say lonely — at least, not all the time — but essentially, and finally, alone. This is what makes your self-respect so important, and I don’t see how you can respect yourself if you must look in the hearts and minds of others for your happiness."
- Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 (via liquidnight)
(via lothloriens)
"Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self-esteem, first make sure that you are not, in fact, just surrounded by assholes."
- William Gibson (via mariposima)
(Source: theorthodoxheretic, via 1000reasonsnottostartmakingart)
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Remember also that nobody else will see your fears and weaknesses. You see those. Nobody else. They’re going to dwell on the parts of you they love. Excepting the assholes, of course, but don’t worry about the assholes. Nobody else likes them either.
It’s been said before. You’ve heard it before; you’ve heard it so much the words are mashed into a tasteless pulp you try your best to ignore. Stop ignoring. They’re words repeated for their wisdom. You can do whatever you want. The only reason you haven’t is that you’ve chosen not to.
Hurry up!
"- Rory Marinich: Do It Already (via toldorknown) (via 1000reasonsnottostartmakingart, ) (via unicornology, )
"They cripple the bird’s wing, and then condemn it for not flying as fast as they."
- Malcolm X (via freedomiscontagious)
(via alexandernevermind)
