thombits ~tämˈbits~: condensed thoughts

“The walls we build around us to keep out sadness also keep out the joy.”

Jim Rohn – U.S. entrepreneur and motivational speaker (1930-2009)

“He who does not understand your silence will probably not understand your words.”

Elbert Hubbard – American writer and philosopher (1856-1915)

“Religion is … the calm bottom of the sea at its deepest point, which remains calm however high the waves on the surface may be.”

Ludwig Wittgenstein – Austrian-British philosopher (1889-1951)

“To live only for some future goal is shallow.  It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”

Robert Pirsig – U.S. writer and philosopher (1928- )

“Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.”

Stanislaw J. Lec – Polish writer (1909-66)