https://thatsthespir.it/feedThat's The Spirit!We feel better when we find ways to make other people feel better. Kindness towards others is like a sandwich that feeds two. - Mike Monteirohttps://thatsthespir.it/of/mike-monteiro/we-feel-better-when-we-find-ways-to-make-other-people-feel-better-kindness-towards-others-is-like-a-sandwich-that-feeds-twoFri, 25 Oct 2024 13:50:28 +0000If every time men had sex, they risked death, physical disability, a life-altering interruption in their education or career, and the sudden lifelong responsibility for another human being, I think they'd expect a choice in the matter. - Cherhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/cher/if-every-time-men-had-sex-they-risked-death-physical-disability-a-life-altering-interruption-in-their-education-or-career-and-the-sudden-lifelong-respTue, 22 Oct 2024 00:31:52 +0000If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking. - Andrea Junkerhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/andrea-junker/if-youre-afraid-that-books-might-change-someones-thinking-youre-not-afraid-of-books-youre-afraid-of-thinkingMon, 14 Oct 2024 17:42:09 +0000American leaders - eternally proving this place to be a land of cowards built by slaves on the bones of indigenous peoples. - Andrew Tannerhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/andrew-tanner/american-leaders-eternally-proving-this-place-to-be-a-land-of-cowards-built-by-slaves-on-the-bones-of-indigenous-peoplesTue, 17 Sep 2024 23:03:17 +0000The self, the place where we live, is a place of illusion. Goodness is connected with the attempt to see the unself… to pierce the veil of selfish consciousness and join the world as it really is. - Erwin Schrödingerhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/erwin-schroedingerSun, 01 Sep 2024 21:20:36 +0000Nobody dies a virgin... Life fucks us all. - Kurt D. Cobainhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/kurt-d-cobain/nobody-dies-a-virgin-life-fucks-us-allThu, 18 Jul 2024 14:43:03 +0000Optimism is why the Titanic didn’t have enough lifeboats. Hope is why people kept swimming. - Cory Doctorowhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/cory-doctorowWed, 03 Jul 2024 01:48:32 +0000O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet. - Saint Augustine of Hippohttps://thatsthespir.it/of/saint-augustine-of-hippo/o-lord-help-me-to-be-pure-but-not-yetFri, 15 Sep 2023 10:44:53 +0000Faith is to believe what you do not yet see; the reward for this faith is to see what you believe. - Saint Augustine of Hippohttps://thatsthespir.it/of/saint-augustine-of-hippo/faith-is-to-believe-what-you-do-not-yet-see-the-reward-for-this-faith-is-to-see-what-you-believeFri, 15 Sep 2023 10:43:34 +0000The World is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. - Saint Augustine of Hippohttps://thatsthespir.it/of/saint-augustine-of-hippo/the-world-is-a-book-and-those-who-do-not-travel-read-only-one-pageFri, 15 Sep 2023 10:42:24 +0000The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/the-absolute-yearning-of-one-human-body-for-another-particular-body-and-its-indifference-to-substitutes-is-one-of-lifes-major-mysteriesSun, 23 Jul 2023 14:49:29 +0000I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice, but you take second place all the same. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/i-think-being-a-woman-is-like-being-irish-everyone-says-youre-important-and-nice-but-you-take-second-place-all-the-sameSun, 23 Jul 2023 14:47:14 +0000Every man needs two women: a quiet home-maker, and a thrilling nymph. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/every-man-needs-two-women-a-quiet-home-maker-and-a-thrilling-nymphSun, 23 Jul 2023 14:46:15 +0000We can only learn to love by loving. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/we-can-only-learn-to-love-by-lovingSun, 23 Jul 2023 14:45:18 +0000We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/we-live-in-a-fantasy-world-a-world-of-illusion-the-great-task-in-life-is-to-find-realitySun, 23 Jul 2023 14:44:51 +0000Love is the extremely difficult realisation that something other than oneself is real. - Iris Murdochhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/iris-murdoch/love-is-the-extremely-difficult-realisation-that-something-other-than-oneself-is-realSun, 23 Jul 2023 14:44:16 +0000If you can't fly then run, if you can't run then walk, if you can't walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward. - Martin Luther King Jr.https://thatsthespir.it/of/martin-luther-king-jr/if-you-cant-fly-then-run-if-you-cant-run-then-walk-if-you-cant-walk-then-crawl-but-whatever-you-do-you-have-to-keep-moving-forwardMon, 19 Dec 2022 09:10:43 +0000It is not our differences that divide us. It is our inability to recognize, accept, and celebrate those differences. - Audre Lordehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/audre-lorde/it-is-not-our-differences-that-divide-us-it-is-our-inability-to-recognize-accept-and-celebrate-those-differencesFri, 16 Dec 2022 10:51:48 +0000Love is the quality of attention we pay to things. Love is both the shrine and the idol. - J.D. McClatchyhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/j-d-mcclatchy/love-is-the-quality-of-attention-we-pay-to-thingsSun, 04 Dec 2022 10:28:48 +0000I must be a mermaid, Rango. I have no fear of depths and a great fear of shallow living. - Anais Ninhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/anais-nin/i-must-be-a-mermaid-rango-i-have-no-fear-of-depths-and-a-great-fear-of-shallow-livingMon, 28 Nov 2022 23:45:01 +0000If time travel is possible, where are the tourists from the future? - Stephen Hawkinghttps://thatsthespir.it/of/stephen-hawking/if-time-travel-is-possible-where-are-the-tourists-from-the-futureThu, 17 Nov 2022 17:03:57 +0000I have noticed that even those who assert that everything is predestined and that we can change nothing about it still look both ways before they cross the street. - Stephen Hawkinghttps://thatsthespir.it/of/stephen-hawking/i-have-noticed-that-even-those-who-assert-that-everything-is-predestined-and-that-we-can-change-nothing-about-it-still-look-both-ways-before-they-crosThu, 17 Nov 2022 16:56:23 +0000Quiet people have the loudest minds. - Stephen Hawkinghttps://thatsthespir.it/of/stephen-hawking/quiet-people-have-the-loudest-mindsThu, 17 Nov 2022 16:31:13 +0000The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance. It is the illusion of knowledge. - Stephen Hawkinghttps://thatsthespir.it/of/stephen-hawking/the-greatest-enemy-of-knowledge-is-not-ignorance-it-is-the-illusion-of-knowledgeThu, 17 Nov 2022 16:26:05 +0000Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. - Machiavellihttps://thatsthespir.it/of/machiavelli/nature-creates-few-men-brave-industry-and-training-makes-manySun, 12 Jun 2022 22:12:46 +0000Everyone sees what you appear to be, few experience what you really are. - Machiavellihttps://thatsthespir.it/of/machiavelli/everyone-sees-what-you-appear-to-be-few-experience-what-you-really-areSun, 12 Jun 2022 22:07:31 +0000There is little difference between obstacle and opportunity. The wise are able to turn both to their advantage. - Machiavellihttps://thatsthespir.it/of/machiavelli/there-is-little-difference-between-obstacle-and-opportunity-the-wise-are-able-to-turn-both-to-their-advantageSun, 12 Jun 2022 21:49:31 +0000People love change when they know it is a good thing. No one gives back a winning lottery ticket. What people resist is not change per se, but loss. - Ronald A. Heifetzhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/ronald-a-heifetz/people-love-change-when-they-know-it-is-a-good-thing-no-one-gives-back-a-winning-lottery-ticket-what-people-resist-is-not-change-per-se-but-lossSun, 05 Jun 2022 12:22:31 +0000Anthropologists say that in every culture in history, children have played the game hide and seek. - Rob Brezsnyhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/rob-brezsny/anthropologists-say-that-in-every-culture-in-history-children-have-played-the-game-hide-and-seekTue, 17 May 2022 08:55:27 +0000Most of us can manage no more than a narrow little obsession with a particular human who we mistakenly imagine can satisfy our gargantuan yearning for the real, primordial thing. - Rob Brezsnyhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/rob-brezsny/most-of-us-can-manage-no-more-than-a-narrow-little-obsession-with-a-particular-human-who-we-mistakenly-imagine-can-satisfy-our-gargantuan-yearning-forTue, 17 May 2022 08:17:32 +0000If you can see a thing whole… it seems that it’s always beautiful. Planets, lives... But close up, a world’s all dirt and rocks. And day to day, life’s a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern. You need distance, interval. The way to see how beautiful the earth is, is to see it as the moon. The way to see how beautiful life is, is from the vantage point of death. - Ursula K. Le Guinhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/ursula-k-le-guin/if-you-can-see-a-thing-whole-it-seems-that-its-always-beautiful-planets-lives-but-close-up-a-worlds-all-dirt-and-rocks-and-day-to-day-lifes-a-hard-jobMon, 06 Dec 2021 11:15:03 +0000Gravity pulls me to the future, bits of me falling off along the way. Each of us disappears into the mist of the possible. In our minds, time is gravity’s other side. - Michael Framehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/michael-frame/gravity-pulls-me-to-the-future-bits-of-me-falling-off-along-the-way-each-of-us-disappears-into-the-mist-of-the-possible-in-our-minds-time-is-gravitys-Sun, 21 Nov 2021 14:17:38 +0000What exists, exists so that it can be lost and become precious. - Lisel Muellerhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/lisel-mueller/what-exists-exists-so-that-it-can-be-lost-and-become-preciousSun, 21 Nov 2021 13:51:10 +0000If we take care of the moments, the years will take care of themselves. - Maria Edgeworthhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/maria-edgeworth/if-we-take-care-of-the-moments-the-years-will-take-care-of-themselvesSat, 30 Oct 2021 09:15:19 +0000Most people think their experiences show them who they are, not what they have chosen. They do not know they have the ability to shape their experiences like a potter shapes clay. You are the artist and you are also the art that is being created. You choose the colours, where to add and remove clay, and you determine whether the art will be dark and depressing or light and joyful. There is no limit to your creative capacity. - Gary Zukavhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/gary-zukav/most-people-think-their-experiences-show-them-who-they-are-not-what-they-have-chosen-they-do-not-know-they-have-the-ability-to-shape-their-experiencesSun, 15 Aug 2021 13:56:28 +0000By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest. - Confuciushttps://thatsthespir.it/of/confusius/by-three-methods-we-may-learn-wisdom-first-by-reflection-which-is-noblest-second-by-imitation-which-is-easiest-and-third-by-experience-which-is-the-biSun, 15 Aug 2021 13:52:43 +0000For the things we have to learn before we can do them, we learn by doing them. - Aristotlehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/aristotle/for-the-things-we-have-to-learn-before-we-can-do-them-we-learn-by-doing-themMon, 07 Jun 2021 20:11:01 +0000The moment you recognize what is beautiful in this world, you stop being a slave.  - Muhammad Iqbalhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/muhammad-iqbal/the-moment-you-recognize-what-is-beautiful-in-this-world-you-stop-being-a-slaveThu, 15 Apr 2021 20:31:37 +0000Watch what you believe because your beliefs have a way of becoming your reality. - Frank Sonnenberghttps://thatsthespir.it/of/frank-sonnenberg/watch-what-you-believe-because-your-beliefs-have-a-way-of-becoming-your-realityMon, 21 Dec 2020 14:38:39 +0000If anybody here has trouble with the concept of design humility, reflect on this: it took us 5000 years to put wheels on our luggage. - William McDonoughhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/william-mcdonough/if-anybody-here-has-trouble-with-the-concept-of-design-humility-reflect-on-this-it-took-us-5000-years-to-put-wheels-on-our-luggageThu, 19 Nov 2020 09:53:33 +0000If I only have a hammer, I treat all problems as though they were a nail. - Abraham Maslowhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/abraham-maslow/if-i-only-have-a-hammer-i-treat-all-problems-as-though-they-were-a-nailWed, 11 Nov 2020 19:53:49 +0000Any teacher who can be replaced by a machine, should be. - Arthur C. Clarkehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/arthur-c-clarke/any-teacher-who-can-be-replaced-by-a-machine-should-beFri, 30 Oct 2020 15:58:19 +0000Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life - Viktor E. Franklhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/viktor-e-frankl/ultimately-man-should-not-ask-what-the-meaning-of-his-life-is-but-rather-must-recognize-that-it-is-he-who-is-asked-in-a-word-each-man-is-questioned-byMon, 26 Oct 2020 08:07:42 +0000Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way. - Viktor E. Franklhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/viktor-e-frankl/everything-can-be-taken-from-a-man-but-one-thing-the-last-of-the-human-freedoms-to-choose-ones-attitude-in-any-given-set-of-circumstances-to-choose-onMon, 26 Oct 2020 08:05:23 +0000Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. - Viktor E. Franklhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/viktor-e-frankl/between-stimulus-and-response-there-is-a-space-in-that-space-is-our-power-to-choose-our-response-in-our-response-lies-our-growth-and-our-freedomMon, 26 Oct 2020 08:02:46 +0000And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music. - Friedrich Nietzschehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/friedrich-nietzsche/and-those-who-were-seen-dancing-were-thought-to-be-insane-by-those-who-could-not-hear-the-musicSat, 24 Oct 2020 01:05:12 +0000Give a man a mask, and he’ll show you his true face. - Oscar Wildehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/oscar-wilde/give-a-man-a-mask-and-hell-show-you-his-true-faceFri, 23 Oct 2020 08:30:46 +0000“If there is a God, he will have to beg for my forgiveness.” - anonymoushttps://thatsthespir.it/of/anonymous/if-there-is-a-god-he-will-have-to-beg-for-my-forgivenessFri, 23 Oct 2020 08:29:39 +0000No man ever listened himself out of a job. - Calvin Coolidgehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/calvin-coolidge/no-man-ever-listened-himself-out-of-a-jobFri, 23 Oct 2020 08:04:14 +0000If we judge ourselves only by our aspirations and everyone else only their conduct we shall soon reach a very false conclusion. - Calvin Coolidgehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/calvin-coolidge/if-we-judge-ourselves-only-by-our-aspirations-and-everyone-else-only-their-conduct-we-shall-soon-reach-a-very-false-conclusionFri, 23 Oct 2020 07:59:18 +0000I have noticed that nothing I have never said ever did me any harm. - Calvin Coolidgehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/calvin-coolidge/i-have-noticed-that-nothing-i-have-never-said-ever-did-me-any-harmFri, 23 Oct 2020 07:58:44 +0000We cannot do everything at once, but we can do something at once. - Calvin Coolidgehttps://thatsthespir.it/of/calvin-coolidge/we-cannot-do-everything-at-once-but-we-can-do-something-at-onceFri, 23 Oct 2020 07:58:13 +0000I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it. - Maya Angelouhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/maya-angelou/i-can-be-changed-by-what-happens-to-me-but-i-refuse-to-be-reduced-by-itThu, 22 Oct 2020 22:21:12 +0000Change does not roll in on the wheels of inevitability, but comes through continuous struggle. And so we must straighten our backs and work for our freedom. A man can't ride you unless your back is bent. - Martin Luther King Jr.https://thatsthespir.it/of/martin-luther-king-jr/change-does-not-roll-in-on-the-wheels-of-inevitability-but-comes-through-continuous-struggle-and-so-we-must-straighten-our-backs-and-work-for-our-freeMon, 06 Jul 2020 18:01:20 +0000We may have all come on different ships, but we're in the same boat now. - Martin Luther King Jr.https://thatsthespir.it/of/martin-luther-king-jr/we-may-have-all-come-on-different-ships-but-were-in-the-same-boat-nowMon, 06 Jul 2020 18:00:10 +0000I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality... I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word. - Martin Luther King Jr.https://thatsthespir.it/of/martin-luther-king-jr/i-refuse-to-accept-the-view-that-mankind-is-so-tragically-bound-to-the-starless-midnight-of-racism-and-war-that-the-bright-daybreak-of-peace-and-brothMon, 06 Jul 2020 17:59:23 +0000We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. - Martin Luther King Jr.https://thatsthespir.it/of/martin-luther-king-jr/we-must-learn-to-live-together-as-brothers-or-perish-together-as-foolsMon, 06 Jul 2020 17:58:08 +0000Do what you can, where you are, with what you have. - Theodore Roosevelthttps://thatsthespir.it/of/theodore-roosevelt/do-what-you-can-where-you-are-with-what-you-haveTue, 26 May 2020 18:28:50 +0000Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. - Anais Ninhttps://thatsthespir.it/of/anais-nin/life-shrinks-or-expands-in-proportion-to-ones-courageTue, 26 May 2020 18:27:59 +0000The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another. - William Jameshttps://thatsthespir.it/of/william-james/the-greatest-weapon-against-stress-is-our-ability-to-choose-one-thought-over-anotherTue, 26 May 2020 18:26:57 +0000