no. 1159

 "You may never be happy. So you just have to dance, dance so well that you leave everyone speechless."

Haruki Murakami 

no. 1158

Toad sat on the edge of his bed. “Blah,” said Toad. “I feel down in the dumps.” 

“Why?” asked Frog. 

“I am thinking about tomorrow,” said Toad. 

from Frog and Toad bot (frogandtoadbot@bsky.social.net)

no. 1157

  “If an opinion contrary to your own makes you angry, that is a sign that you are subconsciously aware of having no good reason for thinking as you do. If some one maintains that two and two are five, or that Iceland is on the equator, you should feel pity rather than anger, unless you know so little of arithmetic or geography that his opinion shakes your own contrary conviction. The most savage controversies are those about matters as to which there is no good evidence either way. Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. So whenever you find yourself getting angry about a difference of opinion, be on your guard; you will probably find, on examination, that your belief is going beyond what the evidence warrants.”

— Bertrand Russell, An Outline of Intellectual Rubbish (1943) Image: Bertrand Russell on the grounds of his home at Penrhyndeudreath, Gwynedd, United Kingdom, 3 March 1965.

no. 1156

 "Money is like manure, it's not worth a thing unless its spread around encouraging young things to grow"

 quote from Hello Dolly

no. 1155

 Gently, as from a distance, the magic tones of Mozart's music sound upon my ears. Thus do such sweet impressions, passing into our souls, work beneficently in our innermost beings.

A diary entry by Schubert for 13th June 1816.