"Never in reply to the question, to what country you belong, say that you are an Athenian or a Corinthian, but that you are a citizen of the world. For why do you say that you are an Athenian, and why do you not say that you belong to the small nook only into which your poor body was cast at birth?"
- Epictetus | Discourses of Epictetus
(via quote-book)
This image of the Moon was taken by the Galileo spacecraft as it passed by. It is a composite of images taken in three different colors.
The color scheme is exaggerated to emphasis composition differences. Blue areas are titanium rich, orange areas are titanium poor and purple areas are iron poor.
"That is why it is so important to let certain things go. To release them. To cut loose. People need to understand that no one is playing with marked cards; sometimes we win and sometimes we lose. Don’t expect to get anything back, don’t expect recognition for your efforts, don’t expect your genius to be discovered or your love to be understood. Complete the circle. Not out of pride, inability or arrogance, but simply because whatever it is no longer fits in your life. Close the door, change the record, clean the house, get rid of the dust. Stop being who you were and become who you are."
- Paulo Coehlo
"Take a day to heal from the lies you’ve told yourself and the ones that have been told to you."
- Maya Angelou (via liberatingreality)
(via habituallyzen)
