December 2009
15 posts
Henry Ford
“One of the greatest discoveries a man can make, one of his greatest suprises, is to find that he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.”
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Walt Whitman, Facing West from California's Shores
Facing west from California’s shores, Inquiring, tireless, seeking what is yet unfound, I, a child, very old, over waves, towards the house of maternity, the land of migrations, look afar, Look off the shores of my Western sea, the circle almost circled; For starting westward from Hindustan, from the vales of Kashmere, From Asia, from the north, from the God, the sage, and the hero, ...
Paul and Linda McCartney, Heart Of The Country
Leo Tolstoy
“Everyone thinks of changing the world but no one thinks of changing themself.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Give me a wildness whose glance no civilization can endure.”
Kenneth Patchen, I Went To The City
I went to the city And there I did weep, Men a-crowin’ like asses, And livin’ like sheep. Oh, can’t hold the han’ of my love! Can’t hold her little white han’! Yes, I went to the city, And there I did bitterly cry, Men out of touch with the Earth, And with never a glance at the sky. Oh, can’t hold the han’ of my love! Can’t hold her pure little...
“It’s the world,” said Dean. “My God!” he cried, slapping...”
– Jack Kerouac, On The Road.
Bob Dylan, Down The Highway
