Ploughman's Lunch

It's often the simplest bits, which bring the most pleasure. This is a collection of items to stoke the fire within.

[ploughmans-lunch]

A Smile

"A smile costs nothing, but gives much.

It enriches those who receive,

without making poorer those who give.

It takes but a moment,

yet the memory of it may last forever.

A smile creates happiness in the home,

fosters goodwill in business

and is the sign of friendship.

It brings rest to the weary,

cheer to the discouraged,

sunshine to the sad,

and is nature’s best antidote to trouble.

Yet a smile cannot be bought,

begged, borrowed, or stolen;

for it is of no value to anyone else

Unless it is given away."

—Anonymous

[ploughmans-lunch]

A research man is endlessly searching to find a use for something that has no use.

Gordon Teal

[tnbrando-deactivated20200213]

“Time passes quickly when you’re not having fun or when you’re not paying attention. So if you want to live a longer life you need to live more dangerously.”

— Brian Eno (via buildings-on-fire)

[ploughmans-lunch]

Knowledge destroys the darkness of ignorance.

Rig Veda

[thequotejournals]

I’m not sure anyone knows what they’re looking for until they find it.

Kiera Cass, The Heir (via wordsnquotes)

[ploughmans-lunch]

"O Captain! My Captain"

O Captain! my Captain! our fearful trip is done,

The ship has weather'd every rack, the prize we sought is won,

The port is near, the bells I hear, the people all exulting,

While follow eyes the steady keel, the vessel grim and daring;

But O heart! heart! heart!

O the bleeding drops of red,

Where on the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead.

O Captain! my Captain! rise up and hear the bells;

Rise up--for you the flag is flung--for you the bugle trills,

For you bouquets and ribbon'd wreaths--for you the shores a-crowding,

For you they call, the swaying mass, their eager faces turning;

Here Captain! dear father!

This arm beneath your head!

It is some dream that on the deck,

You've fallen cold and dead.

My Captain does not answer, his lips are pale and still,

My father does not feel my arm, he has no pulse nor will,

The ship is anchor'd safe and sound, its voyage closed and done,

From fearful trip the victor ship comes in with object won;

Exult O shores, and ring O bells!

But I with mournful tread,

Walk the deck my Captain lies,

Fallen cold and dead. 

--Walt Whitman

[ploughmans-lunch]

If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It is lethal.

Paolo Coehlo

[ploughmans-lunch]

Desire is full of endless distances

Robert Haas

[wnq-writers]

People like sitting at the beach because a calm ocean helps the chaotic mind.

highonnumbness  (via wordsnquotes)

[ploughmans-lunch]

I used to dream about escaping my ordinary life, but my life was never ordinary. I had simply failed to notice how extraordinary it was.

Jacob Portman

[hplyrikz]

Positivity Here

[panatmansam]

Someone once told me that human beings have three dimensions: how you see yourself, how others see you, and how you want others to see you. The closer the distance between the three dimensions, the more at peace you are and the more stable you become.

Marwa Rakha (via panatmansam)

[nirvanaquotes]

Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.

Anne Frank’s Diary (via neutral)

[thegoodvybe]

If people sat outside and looked at the stars each night, I bet they’d live a lot differently. When you look into infinity, you realize there are more important things than what people do all day.

Calvin and Hobbes (via aspiritualwarrior)

[hplyrikz]

Death is not the greatest loss in life. The greatest loss is what dies inside while still alive. Never surrender.

Tupac Shakur (via hplyrikz)

[ploughmans-lunch]

An ancient pond! With a sound from the water Of the frog as it plunges in

Haiku by Matsuo Bashō

[philosophybits]

Reason is the natural organ of truth; but imagination is the organ of meaning.

C.S. Lewis (via hmdynasty)