Thoughts of the Day

[grim23]

"We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are." ~Anais Nin

"Dignity and a calm attitude are the mark of a player who can be trusted." ~Pat Califia

"There are two kinds of strengths: the strength to lead and the strength to follow: the strength to control and the strength to yield. There are two kinds of power: the power to strip another's soul bare, and the power to stand naked." ~Yaldah Tovah

"Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power."
~Lao Tzu

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"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."
-Voltaire

[grim23]

“Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.” ~ Sigmund Freud

[roses-n-chains.livejournal.com]

"There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow storm. We wake from one dream into another dream."
Ralph Waldo Emerson

[grim23]

“The first man to see an illusion by which men have flourished for centuries surely stands in a lonely place.” ~ Gary Zukav

[roses-n-chains.livejournal.com]

"An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality."
Erich Fromm

[grim23]

“Experience teaches us at the expense of our illusions.” ~ maybe attributed to Aldous Huxley