doublenifty

You see between you and I is a thin line we stand by, but if we ever find ourselves on the other side then time will stand still and whole worlds will collide. We hardly know ourselves if we’ve got something to ride for, a struggle to live to the fullest and die for, to make love and wage war for.

Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief. Do justly, now. Love mercy, now. Walk humbly, now. You are not obligated to complete the work, but neither are you free to abandon it.

Don’t be afraid of opposition; remember, a kite rises against the wind.

Civilization has been slow to give up on our myth of the Earth’s infinite generosity. Declining to look for evidence to the contrary, we just knew it was there. We pumped aquifers and diverted rivers, trusting the twin lucky stars of unrestrained human expansion and endless supply. Now water tables plummet in countries harboring half the world’s population. Rather grandly, we have overdrawn our accounts.

When you want something you’ve never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.

When faced with two choices, simply toss a coin. It works not because it settles the question for you, but because, in that brief moment when the coin is in the air, you suddenly know what you are hoping for.