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Jump – Because You Never Know…

Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , on January 13, 2026| Leave a Comment »

I know.  I know that I shall never again meet anything or anybody who will inspire me with passion.  You know, it’s quite a job starting to love somebody.  You have to have energy, generosity, blindness.  There is even a moment, in the very beginning, when you have to jump across a precipice:  if you think about it you don’t do it.  I know I’ll never jump again.
    —     Jean-Paul Sartre
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The Need To Know

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on November 19, 2025| Leave a Comment »

Men need to know the elemental challenges that sea and mountains present.  They need to know what it is to be alive and to survive when great storms come.  They need to unlock the secrets of streams, lakes, and canyons and to find how these treasures are veritable storehouses of inspiration.  They must experience the sense of mastery of adversity. They must find a peak or a ridge that they can reach under their own power alone.
    —     William O. Douglas
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Dizzying Ideas

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 9, 2025| Leave a Comment »

With ideas it is like with dizzy heights you climb:  at first they cause you discomfort and you are anxious to get down, distrustful of your own powers;  but soon the remoteness of the turmoil of life and the inspiring influence of the altitude calm your blood;  your step gets firm and sure and you begin to look-for dizzier heights.
    –     Nikola Tesla
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Core Secrets Exist

Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , on May 21, 2024| Leave a Comment »

My brain is only a receiver, in the Universe there is a core from which we obtain knowledge, strength and inspiration.  I have not penetrated into the secrets of this core, but I know that it exists.
    ––     Nikola Tesla
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Pausing At The Blank Page (Or Screen)

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on January 11, 2024| Leave a Comment »

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day.  The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them.  Most people don’t see any.
    –     Orson Scott Card
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On Posting To Your Blog

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , on November 27, 2023| Leave a Comment »

First forget inspiration.  Habit is more dependable.  Habit will sustain you whether you’re inspired or not.  Habit will help you finish and polish your stories.  Inspiration won’t.  Habit is persistence in practice.
    ―     Octavia Butler
From her book:  “Bloodchild and Other Stories“
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To My Wife, My Love, My Friend

Posted in Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , on October 29, 2022| 2 Comments »

The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, not the kindly smile, nor the joy of companionship;  it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when you discover that someone else believes in you and is willing to trust you with a friendship.
    ―     Ralph Waldo Emerson
Happy Birthday, Hil!!  May we forever hold hands on our walks…
All my love,
Always!
Your Kev
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The 99% Solution == 10,000 Hours

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged , , , , , , , on May 29, 2022| Leave a Comment »

If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.
    —     Michelangelo
Genius is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration.
    —    Thomas Edison
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On This Day In:
2021 A Chance Meeting Finds A Way
Over 50 Years Ago!
2020 The Magnitude Of The Challenge
2019 Still Tearing, Still Being Rewarded
2018 Nothing More, Nothing Less
2017 Memorial Day – 2017
No Wonder I’m Smiling
2016 Thinking Science Fictional
2015 Dawn Is Coming
2014 Back When I Was A Firebrand
2013 Pen In Hand
Word Up!
2012 Disturbing
Trying To Keep Up
2011 Unreliable And Selective
2010 Adult-Onset Athlete

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Be Someone For Somebody

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , on March 19, 2022| 5 Comments »

Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.
    —     Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Seeking The Divine

Posted in Music, Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on March 8, 2022| Leave a Comment »

That mind alone whose every thought is rhythm can embody music, can comprehend its mysteries, its divine inspirations, and can alone speak to the senses of its intellectual revelations.
    —     Beethoven
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I’m Just Being Skeptical

Posted in Faith, Philosophy, Quotes, Science and Learning, tagged , , , , , , , , , on August 4, 2020| Leave a Comment »

The major religions on the Earth contradict each other left and right.  You can’t all be correct.  And what if all of you are wrong?  It’s a possibility, you know.  You must care about the truth, right?  Well, the way to winnow through all the differing contentions is to be skeptical.  I’m not any more skeptical about your religious beliefs than I am about every new scientific idea I hear about.  But in my line of work, they’re called hypotheses, not inspiration and not revelation.
     —     Carl Sagan
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Touched?

Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , on May 16, 2019| Leave a Comment »

If a man comes to the door of poetry untouched by the madness of the Muses, believing that technique alone will make him a good poet, he and his sane compositions never reach perfection, but are utterly eclipsed by the performances of the inspired madman.
     ―     Socrates
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Sometimes Wisdom, Too

Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Quotes, tagged , , , , , on October 21, 2018| Leave a Comment »

I realized that it was not by wisdom that poets write their poetry, but by a kind of nature or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets;  for these also say many beautiful things, but do not know anything of what they say.
     ―    Socrates
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The One Thing

Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on June 12, 2018| Leave a Comment »

Laughter, songs, and dance create emotional connection;  they remind us of the one thing that truly matters when we are searching for comfort, celebration, inspiration or healing:  We are not alone.
    —    Brené Brown
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Soothe, Inspire And Recharge

Posted in Other Blogs, Quotes, Reading, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2017| Leave a Comment »

Don’t underestimate the real cost of a book, as it is not found in its price, but in the investment of your most precious commodity — time.
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Never underestimate the power of a good book to soothe your soul and inspire you.  Reading books is like recharging batteries, giving you new life with which to tackle the challenges of tomorrow.
    —    Peter Cawdron
[Found on one of the blogs I follow:  “THINKING SCI-FI”  located at:  http://thinkingscifi.wordpress.com/
The specific post is at:  https://thinkingscifi.wordpress.com/2017/10/05/the-value-of-books/
Well worth a visit.    —    kmab]
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