To some people, within every older woman, there is a most charming young woman
…hiding right behind those eyes
…just behind that attitude
…shortly before those experiences
…not seriously believing those thoughts,
thinking that she is hopelessly hidden from view.
And with all of God’s creations in mind, there has never been anything more cherishable than that charming young girl, still there, still doubting yet still subtly hoping, still as real as the day she was born.
If knowing is to be possible as a way of determining the nature of the present-at-hand by observing it, then there must first be a deficiency in our having-to-do with the world concernfully. When concern holds back from any kind of producing, manipulating and the like, it puts itself into what is now the sole remaining mode of Being-in, the mode of just tarrying-alongside. In this kind of ‘dwelling’ as a holding-oneself-back from any manipulation or utilization, the perception of the present-at-hand is consummated.”
― Martin Heidegger
If my mind can conceive it, and my heart can believe it - then I can achieve it.”
― Muhammad Ali
The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life’s Journey
“What is good? Everything that heightens the feeling of power in man…the will to power, power itself. What is bad? Everything that is born of sickness.”
-Nietzsche