#provoking

Consciousness is only possible through change; change is only possible through movement. ↗

— Aldous Huxley

#consciousness #movement #thought-provoking #art

… a slave mentality which had been built into him by years of carrot-and-whip grading, a mule mentality which said, “If you don’t whip me, I won’t work.” He didn’t get whipped. He didn’t work. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#art

Books can be dangerous. The best ones should be labeled "This could change your life. ↗

— Helen Exley

#change #inspiration #life #reading #thought-provoking

On their sofas of spice and feathers, the concubines also slept fretfully. In those days the Earth was still flat, and people dreamed often of falling over edges. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#inspirational #sleep #thought-provoking #writing #dreams

That's gotta be one of the principles behind reality. Accepting things that are hard to comprehend, and leaving them that way. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#thoughts-on-life #life

If we were to one day encounter a form of life more powerful and intelligent than our own, and it regarded us as we regard fish, what would be our argument against being eaten? ↗

— Jonathan Safran Foer

#life #thought-provoking #inspirational

Don't use yesterday's state of mind, to make today's decision. ↗

— C. Nzingha Smith

#life #motivational #think #thought-provoking #inspirational

The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. ↗

— Brennan Manning

#thought-provoking #age

Your mind can be either your prison or your palace. What you make it is yours to decide ↗

— Bernard Kelvin Clive

#mind #thought-provoking #dreams

There is a comfort in conformity, a security in control, that is appealing. There is a thrill in domination, and we are all secretly attracted to violence. ↗

— Tom Robbins

#violence #war #violence