“God does not play dice with the universe.”
Albert Einstein (1879–1955) German-born physicist and founder of the theory of relativity
Source: The Born-Einstein Letters 1916-55
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“Pain is the opposite of strength, and so is anger.”
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Hays translation
XI, 18
Meditations (c. AD 121–180), Book XI
Marcus Aurelius book Meditations
Variant: If you are distressed by anything external, the pain is not due to the thing itself, but to your estimate of it; and this you have the power to revoke at any moment.
Source: Meditations
“Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity
The universe has dark and light, entrust oneself to change”
Ikkyu (1394–1481) Japanese Buddhist monk
As quoted in Ikkyū and The Crazy Cloud Anthology : A Zen Poet of Medieval Japan (1986) by Sonja Arntzen.
Context: Natural, reckless, correct skill;
Yesterday's clarity is today's stupidity
The universe has dark and light, entrust oneself to change
One time, shade the eyes and gaze afar at the road of heaven.
Silvio Berlusconi (1936) Italian politician
As quoted in "Did I say This? in The Observer (20 April 2008) http://www.guardian.co.uk/politics/2008/apr/20/italy <br class="br">2006
“Every one of us is marvellous and complicated and interesting and gorgeous just as we are.”
Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker
Source: Out of Your Mind: Tricksters, Interdependence, and the Cosmic Game of Hide-and-Seek (2017), p. 42
Context: Have you really looked at a seashell? There's not an aesthetic fault in it anywhere - it's absolutely perfect. Now, do you think that shells look at each other and critique each other's appearance? "Well, your markings are a little crooked and not very well spaced." Of course not, but that's what we do. Every one of us is marvellous and complicated and interesting and gorgeous just as we are. Really take a look at another person's eyes. They are jewelry beyond compare - just beautiful!
“No amount of anxiety makes any difference to anything that is going to happen.”
Alan Watts (1915–1973) British philosopher, writer and speaker
“I am writing graffiti on your body.
I am drawing the story of how hard we tried.”
Ani DiFranco (1970) musician and activist
Both Hands
Song lyrics
Banksy pseudonymous England-based graffiti artist, political activist, and painter
Existencilism (2002)
“An intelligent society would have made of them people like everybody else!”
Ravachol (1859–1892) French anarchist
Une société intelligente en aurait fait des gens comme tout le monde!
Trial statement
“We call reality
to madness that remains
and madness to reality that vanishes”
Jorge Majfud (1969) Uruguayan-American writer
La ciudad de la Luna (2009)
Lady Gaga (1986) American singer, songwriter, and actress
Lady Gaga Says 'Judas' Video 'Celebrates Faith' in MTV News (26 Apr 26 2011) http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1662707/lady-gaga-judas-music-video.jhtml.