"Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. "I don’t have any whiskey," may be a fact but it is not a truth." – William S. Burroughs

Life quotes May 9, 2010

“Truth is used to vitalize a statement rather than devitalize it. Truth implies more than a simple statement of fact. “I don’t have any whiskey,” may be a fact but it is not a truth.” – William S. Burroughs

"He has managed to capture the particular aura that made even the poet’s more mundane activities-of which there were many-fascinatingly boring, so to speak, rather than merely boringly boring." – John Gross

“He has managed to capture the particular aura that made even the poet’s more mundane activities-of which there …

"Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious." – George Bernard Shaw

“Few of us have vitality enough to make any of our instincts imperious.” – George Bernard Shaw

"Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think about it, there really is no other moment you can live. Now is all there is, and the future is just another present moment to live when it arrives." – Wayne Dyer

“Present-moment living, getting in touch with your now, is at the heart of effective living. When you think …

"I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively" – Angela Davis

“I decided to teach because I think that any person who studies philosophy has to be involved actively” …

"I don’t believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear." – Woody Allen

“I don’t believe in the after life, although I am bringing a change of underwear.” – Woody Allen

"The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife — a depressing thought, particularly for those who have bothered to shave. Also, there is the fear that there is an afterlife but no one will know where it’s being held" – Woody Allen

“The chief problem about death, incidentally, is the fear that there may be no afterlife — a depressing …

"After the first Drop, things have just been great for the bands involved. Just an example is Dynamic Vibrations went on a coast-to-coast tour with Cannibal Ox and J-Live." – Cary Kanno

“After the first Drop, things have just been great for the bands involved. Just an example is Dynamic …

"Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a dynamic panel with some of the people who appear in the film. So it should be a lively conversation about all the issues that come up." – Byron Hurt

“Whenever people see the film, they want to talk about it afterward. So we are bringing together a …

"I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That’s what held me, kept me down. So now I just have nothing but contempt for the institution of the church." – Frank McCourt

“I had to get rid of any idea of hell or any idea of the afterlife. That’s what …

"You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read a book(Lady Chatterley, for instance), or you take a trip, or you talk with Richard, and you discover that you are not living, that you are hibernating. The symptoms of hibernating are easily detectable: first, restlessness. The second symptom(when hibernating becomes dangerous and might degenerate into death): absence of pleasure. That is all. It appears like an innocuous illness. Monotony, boredom, death. Millions live like this(or die like this) without knowing it. They work in offices. They drive a car. They picnic with their families. They raise children. And then some shock treatment takes place, a person, a book, a song, and it awakens them and saves them from death."" – Anais Nin

“You live like this, sheltered, in a delicate world, and you believe you are living. Then you read …