From Gertrude by Herman Hess.

If what matters in a person’s existence is to accept the inevitable consciously, to taste the good and the bad to the fullest and to make for oneself a more individual, unaccidental and inward destiny alongside one’s external fate, then my life has neither been empty or worthless. Even if, as decreed by the Gods, fate has inexorably trod over my external existence, as it does with everybody, my inner life has been of my own making. I deserve its sweetness and its bitterness and accept full responsibility for it.

From Gertrude by Herman Hess.

If what matters in a person’s existence is to accept the inevitable consciously, to taste the good and the bad to the fullest and to make for oneself a more individual, unaccidental and inward destiny alongside one’s external fate, then my life has neither been empty or worthless. Even if, as decreed by the Gods, fate has inexorably trod over my external existence, as it does with everybody, my inner life has been of my own making. I deserve its sweetness and its bitterness and accept full responsibility for it.

I have to read each part like I am analyzing Shakespeare…but, I like it! lol

From Gertrude by Herman Hess.

If what matters in a person’s existence is to accept the inevitable consciously, to taste the good and the bad to the fullest and to make for oneself a more individual, unaccidental and inward destiny alongside one’s external fate, then my life has neither been empty or worthless. Even if, as decreed by the Gods, fate has inexorably trod over my external existence, as it does with everybody, my inner life has been of my own making. I deserve its sweetness and its bitterness and accept full responsibility for it.

Like/Love Quotes! Thank you Seagull, this is a good one. And like Tahoe posted, it makes one take in every word.

Richard Nixon from the Frost -Nixon interviews " if you president does it ,it’s not illegal"

When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane.

Hermann Hesse

(Words I live by)

Argue for your limitations, and sure enough they’re yours.

Richard Bach

One of the best on several levels….."Put the F***** lotion in the basket"

"Thank you for coming. I have purchased the Springfield YMCA. I plan to tear it down, and build a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all – Man."
— Rainier Wolfcastle, The Simpsons

"Thank you for coming. I have purchased the Springfield YMCA. I plan to tear it down, and build a nature preserve where I will hunt the deadliest game of all – Man."
— Rainier Wolfcastle, The Simpsons

Nice find, Trav.

I have long suspected the Zodiac Killer was inspired by the Simpsons.

G

”The hours of folly are measur’d by the Clock,
but, of Wisdom, no Clock can measure."
wILLIAM bLAKE

"Obit anus, abit onus.": "The a**hole is dead, the debt’s paid." Attributed to a philosopher (Schopenhauer?) when informed that his grasping landlady had died.

Life is what happens to you while your busy making other plans

John Lennon..

Apologies for the swear but it wasn’t me, as Bart would say.

From the film ‘Heat’ and De Niro’s character Neil McCauley.

[McCauley calls Van Zant on the phone]

Roger Van Zant: What are you doing?
Neil McCauley: What am I doing? I’m talking to an empty telephone.
Roger Van Zant: I don’t understand.
Neil McCauley: ‘Cause there is a dead man on the other end of this fuckin’ line

And so ’twill be when I am gone—
That tuneful peal will still ring on;
While other bards shall walk these dells,
And sing your praise, sweet evening bells.
Thomas Moore

"Does nostalgia feel so good because we ourselves are timeless?"

AFAIK Traveller1st, circa, just now?