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The highest and most beautiful things in life are not to be heard about, nor read about, nor seen but, if one will, are to be lived.
Søren Kierkegaard (via fyp-philosophy)
Composer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
Work: Introduction from Swan Lake (1877)
Performer: London Symphony Orchestra; conducted by André Previn
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Since it is so likely that children will meet cruel enemies, let them at least have heard of brave knights and heroic courage.
C. S. Lewis (via becca-likes-books)
Kind thoughts are rarer than either kind words or deeds. They imply a great deal of thinking about others. This in itself is rare. But they also imply a great deal of thinking about others without the thoughts being criticisms. This is rarer still.
Frederick William Faber (via fyp-philosophy)
Composer: Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (1809 - 1847)
Work: Allegro vivace from Symphony Nr. 5 in D “Reformation” (1830)
Perfomer: New Philharmonia Orchestra; conducted by Riccardo Muti
To this crib I always took my doll; human beings must love something, and, in the dearth of worthier objects of affection, I contrived to find a pleasure in loving and cherishing a faded graven image, shabby as a miniature scarecrow. It puzzles me now to remember with what absurd sincerity I doated on this little toy, half fancying it alive and capable of sensation. I could not sleep unless it was folded in my night-gown; and when it lay there safe and warm, I was comparatively happy, believing it to be happy likewise.
Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre
The Science Behind What Makes an Introvert an Introvert
Thanks to the internet most of us already know if we fall into the introvert category, but, did you know that introverts brains are physically different to their extroverted counterparts? These differences are why introverted people choose to be alone or in quiet environments rather than in loud crowded spaces with vast amounts of energy.
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For how can a man shake off his habits, what can become of him if he is in such bondage to the habit of satisfying the innumerable desires he has created for himself? He is isolated, and what concern has he with the rest of humanity? They have succeeded in accumulating a greater mass of objects, but the joy in the world has grown less.
Father Zosima, The Brothers Karamazov
I wanted to tell them that I'd never had a friend, not ever, not a real one. Until Dante. I wanted to tell them that I never knew that people like Dante existed in the world, people who looked at the stars, and knew the mysteries of water, and knew enough to know that birds belonged to the heavens and weren't meant to be shot down from their graceful flights by mean and stupid boys. I wanted to tell them that he had changed my life and that I would never be the same, not ever. And that somehow it felt like it was Dante who had saved my life and not the other way around. I wanted to tell them that he was the first human being aside from my mother who had ever made me want to talk about the things that scared me. I wanted to tell them so many things and yet I didn't have the words.
Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
On the occasion of which I am thinking I recall distinctly how I said to her that there was enough suffering in one narrow London lane to show that God did not love man, and that wherever there was any sorrow, though but that of a child, in some little garden weeping over a fault that it had or had not committed, the whole face of creation was completely marred. I was entirely wrong. She told me so, but I could not believe her. I was not in the sphere in which such belief was to be attained to. Now it seems to me that love of some kind is the only possible explanation of the extraordinary amount of suffering that there is in the world. I cannot conceive of any other explanation. I am convinced that there is no other, and that if the world has indeed, as I have said, been built of sorrow, it has been built by the hands of love, because in no other way could the soul of man, for whom the world was made, reach the full stature of its perfection. Pleasure for the beautiful body, but pain for the beautiful soul.
Oscar Wilde, De Profundis
But then he jumped into the crystal-clear water. He splashed and spluttered and let the sparkling rain fall into his mouth. He drank and drank till his thirst was quenched. And joy filled him from head to foot, the joy of living and the joy of being himself. He was newborn. And the best part of it was that he now wanted to be exactly who he was. If he had been free to choose who to be, he would have chosen to be no one else. Because now he knew that there were thousands and thousands of forms of joy in the world, but that essentially all were one and the same, namely, the joy of being able to love. And much later, long after Bastian had returned to his world, in his maturity and even in his old age, this joy never left him entirely. Even in the hardest moments of his life he preserved a cheerfulness in his heart that made him smile and that comforted other people.
Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Every real story is a Neverending Story." He passed his eye over the many books that covered the walls of his shop from floor to ceiling, pointed the stem of his pipe at them, and went on: "There are many doors to Fantastica, my boy. There are other such magic books. A lot of people read them without noticing. It all depends on who gets his hands on such books." "Then the Neverending Story is different for different people?" "That's right," said Mr. Coreander. "And besides, it's not just books. There are other ways of getting to Fantastica and back. You'll find out.
Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
So something pretty significant happened in the UK today, where I live, and I want my American and other followers from other countries to be aware. Because I am angry.
Today the UK voted to leave the European Union. The result was 52% in favour of leaving, and 48% in favour of staying, so it’s not a clear cut victory at all. Let me get this clear - leaving is not good for the UK. The young people, the future of the country, voted remain. Here are some statistics:
Age group 18-25: 64% remain, 24% leave Age group 25-49: 45% remain, 39% leave Age group 50-64: 35% remain, 49% leave Age group 65+: 33% remain, 58% leave (for anyone wondering why these numbers don’t add up to 100%, its because this poll also accounts for people who didn’t vote or ruined their ballots)
These statistics clearly indicate that the overall decision to leave was heavily influenced by the older generation. These are the people who are probably not going to have to live for very long (if it all) with the consequences of the Leave vote. The future that the UK has voted for, is not the future that the up-and-coming generation wanted.
We wanted to stay in the EU. The EU protects our fair wages, minimum wage laws, maternity leave laws, disability allowance and equal opportunities laws. As much as the leave campaign argues that “we are a developed country and we will protect these laws by ourselves”, we are stuck on a tiny island with a Conservative government, and they are known for screwing over the poorest and the neediest to protect the banks and big businesses.
The EU makes the UK stronger in dealing with big political issues. Its better that we tackle the biggest of problems as a united front, rather than struggle alone with something that’s way over our heads. Its doing this thats helped keep the peace within Europe (I mean we all know what happens when Europe don’t get along!). The EU overlooks the justice system in the UK, and protects the people from unfair treatment.
The EU funds so much of our science, and our research and development. The trade agreements within it, keep costs low in the UK because import and export is cheaper. There were no major scientists or business leaders that advocated for leave - in fact Steven Hawking and Alan Sugar both encouraged people to vote Remain.
These are all reasons for wanting to remain. But we were overruled by the older generation, who want to go back to ‘traditional british values’ and ‘get our country back’ and ‘protect us from terrorism and problems caused by immigration’.
Leaving the EU is not going to suddenly transport us back in time to an old-world Britain. It should be about moving forward not going back. The Leave campaign scapegoated immigrants and used fear to say that if we can withdraw from free movement in the EU we will have less immigrants and the housing crisis and lack of jobs will be resolved, but that’s nt true. These things are caused by so many other things, most if not all of which arose from our own governments cuts or legislations. Not having free movement doesn’t protect us from terrorism either, terrorists don’t care about he EU, if they’re going to come and bomb us they will regardless of our EU status.
Overall, it was a xenophobic and undereducated move on the very slight majority’s part.
So now we’re stuck with this leave vote. The value of the pound has already dropped over 8%, lower than it has been in over 30 years. People who are currently abroad can no longer exchange money or withdraw cash, because of how rapidly it’s changing.
Prices are likely to skyrocket, due to trade becoming more expensive and poor trade deals between the countries. We rely on the EU trade deals a lot more than people will admit, as we export next to nothing of worth. EU countries will start offering us less for our exports, and charging more for our imports.
Benefits are likely to drop. Millions are going to lose their jobs. Wages are going to stagnate. We have plunged ourselves into an economic crisis.
The only silver lining is that house prices and rent prices have been predicted to fall, but even then, interest rates will be so high that getting a mortgage is going to be difficult and more expensive.
And if we decide we want to rejoin the EU, it will take all 27 countries to agree to it. Even if they did, we would then have no power within the EU - compared to now when we have accumulated vetos (which basically means we can ban a law being passed, or reject a countries application to join the EU without needing the co-operation of the other countries in the EU).
To put this into perspective for you all, Donald Fucking Trump has congratulated the UK as a nation and thinks they made the right choice.
The UK is doomed, and all the young people are scared. We’re now going to be entering a job market which is even more limited and competitive than it already was, and we’re going to be trying to obtain mortgages which are going to break our finances. For those of us who ever have to deal with benefits, the maternity leave and pay system or the courts/prison, there is a degree of uncertainity about how fair these are now going to be - the government can now do whatever they want to these things. Prices will be high, so the poorest of us may have difficulty putting food on the table. We’ve potentially lead the way for the collapse of the EU and the collapse of peace and healthy economically sound trade deals.
And all because of what? Mostly racism, honestly that’s what it came down to.
That upsets me so much. I was in the pharmacy this morning and one man was saying how his Spanish partner was on the floor having a panic attack because she is scared she will now be deported. One of my work colleagues in the past was Lithuanian and he worked so hard and paid taxes and rented his own house.
I don’t know, its just chaos for us younger ones who are trying to figure out how the hell we are meant to live in this independent mess of a country, while old people who are going to die soon keep crowing about making Britain great again.
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What do you suppose it means?” asked the lion after showing him the inscription on the reverse side of the Gem. “‘DO WHAT YOU WISH.’ That must mean I may do anything I feel like, don’t you think?”All at once Grograman’s face looked alarmingly grave, and his eyes started to glow. “No,” he said in his deep, rumbling voice. “It means that you must do what you really and truly will. And nothing is more difficult.” “What I really and truly will? What’s that then?” “It’s your own deepest secret that you yourself don’t know.” “How can I find out what it is?” “By going the way of your wishes, from one to another, from first to last. It will take you to what you really and truly want.” “That doesn’t sound so hard,” said Bastian. “It is the most dangerous of all journeys.” “Why?” Bastian asked. “I’m not afraid.” “That isn’t it,” Grograman rumbled. “It requires the greatest honesty and vigilance, because there’s no other journey on which it’s so easy to lose yourself forever.
Michael Ende, The Neverending Story
Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky!
Composer: Igor Stravinsky [Игорь Стравинский] (1882 - 1971)
Work: Allegretto from Symphony in C (1938-40)
Performer: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Georg Solti
world of final fantasy (october 25th, 2016).