The secret of happiness is freedom.
The secret of freedom is courage.

- Thucydides

I long to accomplish a great and noble task; but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

- Helen Keller

The Criteria of Emotional Maturity, by William C. Menninger, MD

• The ability to deal constructively with reality
• The capacity to adapt to change
• A relative freedom from symptoms that are produced by tensions and anxieties
• The capacity to find . . . satisfaction in giving . . . [and] receiving
• The capacity to relate to other people in a consistent manner with mutual satisfaction and helpfulness
• The capacity to sublimate, to direct one's instinctive hostile energy into creative and constructive outlets
• The capacity to love

Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days worth of rice in my bag;
a bundle of twigs by the fireplace.
Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment?
Listening to the night rain on my roof,
I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out.

- Ryokan

(thanks to http://www.deeshan.com/)

In a time of universal deceit, truth-telling becomes a revolutionary act.

- George Orwell, quoted in The Twelfth Insight: The Hour of Decision, by James Redfield)

(thanks to Gregg Braden for posting this on Facebook)

Only the Cinema: Mildred Pierce (episodes 4-5)

I happened to catch just these two episodes, which were riveting.  The below link describes it well and is beautifully written.  Thanks, Ed Howard!

Only the Cinema: Mildred Pierce (episodes 4-5): "episodes 1-2 episode 3 episodes 4-5 In the final two episodes of Todd Haynes' HBO miniseries Mildred Pierce, the story leaps forward i..."