October 2009
On the last of October when dusk is fallen children join hands and circle round me singing ghost songs
- Carl Sandburg
1:47 PM Oct 31st
Thought runs you. Thought pretends that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought.
- David Bohm
2:26 PM Oct 30th
Swifter than hail
Lighter than a feather
A vague sorrow
Crossed my mind
- Yosana Akiko
8:00 AM Oct 30th
So many frosted moonlit nights
I've sat and felt
the cold before dawn.
- Shih-wu
7:43 AM Oct 29th
What I count on
is a white birch
that stands
where no human language
is ever heard
- Yosano Akiko
11:49 AM Oct 28th
We think that words have little power and a short life, that somehow they evaporate with the breath that speaks them.
- Hsu Yun
7:23 AM Oct 27th
Living changes us, in ways we cannot predict, for the better and the worse.
- Lebbeus Woods
6:55 AM Oct 26th
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in your garage makes you a car.
- G. K. Chesterton
6:01 PM Oct 25th
the light falls so variously here at the end of October that nothing is whole or can be made into a whole because the cracks are too uncertain and constantly moving
- Henrik Nordbrandt
2:42 PM | Oct 24th
I like to think, because I know it won’t be long before I stop thinking.
- Fernando Pessoa
12:00 PM Oct 23rd
I was run over by the truth one day. Ever since the accident I've walked this way.
- Adrian Mitchell
7:07 AM Oct 23rd
The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.
- R. H. Blyth
12:33 PM Oct 22nd
if I couldn’t talk to myself how would I know what I was thinking?
- Edward de Bono
6:56 AM Oct 22nd
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
1:22 PM Oct 21st
Life is the only way
to get covered in leaves
- Wislawa Szymborska
7:52 AM Oct 21st
Autumn River's white gibbons seem countless, a dancing flurry of leaps, snowflakes flying
- Li Po
3:13 PM Oct 20th
Outside, don't get tangled in things. Inside, don't get lost in thoughts.
- Hae Kwang
8:12 AM Oct 20th
Of these thousand-fold Autumn River peaks, heaven tipped over, rock nearly pouring down, and the water sweeps trees clean of moss.
- Li Po
2:56 PM Oct 19th
All pleasures are in the last analysis imaginary, and whoever has the best imagination enjoys the most pleasure.
- Theodor Fontane
7:00 AM Oct 19th
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
- Susan Ertz
12:52 PM Oct 18th
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
- W. Somerset Maugham
9:57 AM Oct 17th
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
- William Stafford
2:05 PM Oct 16th
Crisis is part of me.
Beneath my glass skin
Is a typhoon of savage passion.
- Tamura Ryuichi
6:46 AM Oct 16th
the self in exile remains the self, as a bell unstruck for years is still a bell.
- Jane Hirshfield
(wood s lot)
6:48 AM Oct 15th
In me every thought, however much I’d like to preserve it intact, turns sooner or later into reverie.
- Fernando Pessoa
3:16 PM Oct 14th
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
- Rudyard Kipling
7:37 AM Oct 14th
Descartes made a fetish out of the mirror in which the self finds itself.
– Thomas Merton
7:22 AM Oct 13th
there's a brief moment when my face is grazed by a real breeze rising from the surface of the dreamed river through metaphors
- Fernando Pessoa
7:08 AM Oct 13th
I should tell you first that when the wind blows, I feel wild joy, and when the settling leaves restructure the street, I feel untied
- Christine Hartzler
2:00 PM Oct 10th
silence
seeks the center
of every tree and rock,
that thing we hold closest
the end of songs
- Michael McClintock
12:30 PM Oct 10th
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
- Jacob M. Braude
6:48 AM Oct 9th
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.
- Carol Bishop Hipps
6:49 AM Oct 8th
yet if I have no pain, I'll never long for freedom
- Shantideva
3:15 PM Oct 7th
Perhaps there is more sense in our nonsense and more nonsense in our sense than we would care to believe.
- David Bohm
7:37 AM Oct 7th
I was of three minds
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
- Wallace Stevens
2:08 PM Oct 6th
When I look back, I see my former selves, numerous as the trees.
- Chase Twichell
6:51 AM Oct 6th
Theater takes place all the time, wherever one is, and art simply facilitates persuading one that this is the case.
- John Cage
7:46 AM Oct 5th
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
- Elizabeth Lawrence
1:55 PM Oct 4th
I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring.
- W. S. Merwin
10:18 AM Oct 4th
Largely oblivious to our origins and our destinations
We are half asleep in frog pajamas
- Tom Robbins
6:16 PM Oct 2nd
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
6:44 AM Oct 2nd
life is one-tenth here and now, nine-tenths a history lesson
- Graham Swift
7:49 AM Oct 1st
- Carl Sandburg
1:47 PM Oct 31st
Thought runs you. Thought pretends that you are running it, that you are the one who controls thought.
- David Bohm
2:26 PM Oct 30th
Swifter than hail
Lighter than a feather
A vague sorrow
Crossed my mind
- Yosana Akiko
8:00 AM Oct 30th
So many frosted moonlit nights
I've sat and felt
the cold before dawn.
- Shih-wu
7:43 AM Oct 29th
What I count on
is a white birch
that stands
where no human language
is ever heard
- Yosano Akiko
11:49 AM Oct 28th
We think that words have little power and a short life, that somehow they evaporate with the breath that speaks them.
- Hsu Yun
7:23 AM Oct 27th
Living changes us, in ways we cannot predict, for the better and the worse.
- Lebbeus Woods
6:55 AM Oct 26th
Going to church doesn't make you a Christian anymore than standing in your garage makes you a car.
- G. K. Chesterton
6:01 PM Oct 25th
the light falls so variously here at the end of October that nothing is whole or can be made into a whole because the cracks are too uncertain and constantly moving
- Henrik Nordbrandt
2:42 PM | Oct 24th
I like to think, because I know it won’t be long before I stop thinking.
- Fernando Pessoa
12:00 PM Oct 23rd
I was run over by the truth one day. Ever since the accident I've walked this way.
- Adrian Mitchell
7:07 AM Oct 23rd
The importance and unimportance of the self cannot be exaggerated.
- R. H. Blyth
12:33 PM Oct 22nd
if I couldn’t talk to myself how would I know what I was thinking?
- Edward de Bono
6:56 AM Oct 22nd
The reason lightning doesn't strike twice in the same place is the same place isn't there the second time.
- Willie Tyler
1:22 PM Oct 21st
Life is the only way
to get covered in leaves
- Wislawa Szymborska
7:52 AM Oct 21st
Autumn River's white gibbons seem countless, a dancing flurry of leaps, snowflakes flying
- Li Po
3:13 PM Oct 20th
Outside, don't get tangled in things. Inside, don't get lost in thoughts.
- Hae Kwang
8:12 AM Oct 20th
Of these thousand-fold Autumn River peaks, heaven tipped over, rock nearly pouring down, and the water sweeps trees clean of moss.
- Li Po
2:56 PM Oct 19th
All pleasures are in the last analysis imaginary, and whoever has the best imagination enjoys the most pleasure.
- Theodor Fontane
7:00 AM Oct 19th
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves on a rainy Sunday afternoon.
- Susan Ertz
12:52 PM Oct 18th
Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit.
- W. Somerset Maugham
9:57 AM Oct 17th
But you have to know they are there before they exist.
- William Stafford
2:05 PM Oct 16th
Crisis is part of me.
Beneath my glass skin
Is a typhoon of savage passion.
- Tamura Ryuichi
6:46 AM Oct 16th
the self in exile remains the self, as a bell unstruck for years is still a bell.
- Jane Hirshfield
(wood s lot)
6:48 AM Oct 15th
In me every thought, however much I’d like to preserve it intact, turns sooner or later into reverie.
- Fernando Pessoa
3:16 PM Oct 14th
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.
- Rudyard Kipling
7:37 AM Oct 14th
Descartes made a fetish out of the mirror in which the self finds itself.
– Thomas Merton
7:22 AM Oct 13th
there's a brief moment when my face is grazed by a real breeze rising from the surface of the dreamed river through metaphors
- Fernando Pessoa
7:08 AM Oct 13th
I should tell you first that when the wind blows, I feel wild joy, and when the settling leaves restructure the street, I feel untied
- Christine Hartzler
2:00 PM Oct 10th
silence
seeks the center
of every tree and rock,
that thing we hold closest
the end of songs
- Michael McClintock
12:30 PM Oct 10th
Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you'll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.
- Jacob M. Braude
6:48 AM Oct 9th
Bittersweet October. The mellow, messy, leaf-kicking, perfect pause between the opposing miseries of summer and winter.
- Carol Bishop Hipps
6:49 AM Oct 8th
yet if I have no pain, I'll never long for freedom
- Shantideva
3:15 PM Oct 7th
Perhaps there is more sense in our nonsense and more nonsense in our sense than we would care to believe.
- David Bohm
7:37 AM Oct 7th
I was of three minds
Like a tree
In which there are three blackbirds.
- Wallace Stevens
2:08 PM Oct 6th
When I look back, I see my former selves, numerous as the trees.
- Chase Twichell
6:51 AM Oct 6th
Theater takes place all the time, wherever one is, and art simply facilitates persuading one that this is the case.
- John Cage
7:46 AM Oct 5th
Even if something is left undone, everyone must take time to sit still and watch the leaves turn.
- Elizabeth Lawrence
1:55 PM Oct 4th
I have been younger in October than in all the months of spring.
- W. S. Merwin
10:18 AM Oct 4th
Largely oblivious to our origins and our destinations
We are half asleep in frog pajamas
- Tom Robbins
6:16 PM Oct 2nd
Ninety-nine percent of who you are is invisible and untouchable.
- R. Buckminster Fuller
6:44 AM Oct 2nd
life is one-tenth here and now, nine-tenths a history lesson
- Graham Swift
7:49 AM Oct 1st
