Heaven smiles, and faiths and empires gleam, Like wrecks of a dissolving dream. Whatever strengthens and purifies the affections, enlarges the imagination, and adds spirit to sense, is useful. Man's yesterday may ne'er be like his morrow; Nought may endure but Mutabi...
Requiem for a Dream, 2000 (dir. Darren Aronofsky) Seven Sweethearts, 1942 (dir. Frank Borzage) Possessed, 1947 (dir. Curtis Bernhardt) Tommy Boy, 1995 (dir. Peter Segal) Martha Marcy May Marlene, 2011 (dir. Sean Durkin) The Rock, 1996 (dir. Michael Bay) Factotum, 2005 (dir. Bent Ha...
the better our meditation is. But meditation is really about changing our perception of the world. That is a scary idea, because we would like to follow the path to buddhahood but end up more or less the same person. We think, “I’m going to be enlightened and I’m going to be m...
A collection of quotes of the billionaire Tony Stark, also known as the superhero and Avenger, Iron Man.
Time has fallen asleep in the afternoon sunshine. ~Alexander Smith, "Dreamthorp" The afternoon was another unending stretch of time. ~Gerald Raftery (1905–1986),Twenty-Dollar Horse, 1955 All is silent under the steep cone of afternoon... ~John Gould Fletcher (1886–1950) ...
Blest days gone by!—evanished like a dream— Days of our Youth! when life could joy impart, And little things could charm the simple heart... ~Henry Heavisides (1791–1870), "The Pleasures of Home," 1837–1840 What we call little things are merely the causes of great things; they ...
Who will dream that I ever wore, In triumph, motherhood's sacred crown?... ~Mary Clemmer (1831–1884), "The Childless Mother" Thanks, dear Shepherd! my lamb is safe,— Safe from sorrow, and safe from sin. Nevertheless, the way is long, ...
White snow and silver water, faint ghosts of ships and trees and spires through the mists, deeps of chrysoprase and shallows of amethyst, and beyond the snow a sunset fire like the dream in the heart of an opal. ~Elizabeth Godfrey (Jessie Bedford),The Winding Road, 1902 ...
When you are old, I want you to recall those few hours, I want your dry bones to quiver with joy when you think of them... In our appetite for life we feast again on past feelings and dream of those yet to come. Confined strictly to the present, the soul is stifled, the world ...