Philosophical Cabinet

01.06.2008

These wise words are there to stay when time erases many ephemeral things. Some of these quotes are also decorating my bathroom wall. I adopted the name for it as suggested by my friend Roland - Philosophical Cabinet …

"Win as if you were used to it, lose as if you enjoyed it for a change."

Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Jump high, high, high, right up to the top of yourself! "
Vasko Popa

"You kick the world, the world licks you. You lick the world, the world kicks you."
Tejinder (Tito) Singh

"If I don't get what I want, I deserve much better".

"We cannot seek achievement for ourselves and forget about progress and prosperity for our community... Our ambitions must be broad enough to include the aspirations and needs of others, for their sakes and for our own."
Cesar Chavez

"Inside my empty bottle I was constructing a lighthouse, while all the others were making ships."
Charles Simic

"It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see." Henry David Thoreau

"It isn't what they say about you, it's what they whisper."
Errol Flynn

"A reputation once broken may possibly be repaired, but the world will always keep their eyes on the spot where the crack was."
Joseph Hall