Fear of a Blank Planet

Gathering pieces of wisdom in an effort to slow down the process of the planet becoming full of empty-minded people.

 

"Don’t leave me now
You’re my best friend
All of my life, you’ve always been."

- “Heaven”, The Walkmen

5 days ago

"I have no special talent. I am only passionately curious."

- Albert Einstein

5 months ago

"We have bigger houses, but smaller families;
more conveniences, but less time;
We have more degrees, but less sense;
more knowledge, but less judgement;
more experts, but more problems;
more medicines, but less healthiness.
We’ve been all the way to the moon and back,
but we have trouble crossing the street to meet
the new neighbour.
We build more computers
to hold more information,
to produce more copies than ever,
but have less communication.
We have become long on quantity,
but short on quality.
These are times of fast foods,
but slow digestion;
Tall man, but short character;
steep profits, but shallow relationships.
It is a time when there is much in the window,
but nothing in the room."

- Dalai Lama

5 months ago 2 notes

"I don’t know anything about songwriting. I don’t got a fucking clue. I don’t know how I do it, where it comes from. I don’t know where it begins or where it ends. And I’m not interested in finding out. I’m not interested in analyzing it either. I don’t have a method, I don’t have a special room, or a special guitar, or a special pen, or a special plectrum. I just do it. I’m not good enough to try different musical styles. I’m not a great musician. I’m not a great artist. I’m not great at anything. I’m good at being me, and that’s it. I couldn’t make a jazz album if I fucking wanted to, which I don’t. I couldn’t make a reggae album if I tried my hardest. I couldn’t do, you know, electronic music; it’s just not me, do you know what I mean? So I don’t really give a shit about challenging my audience, or anybody, or myself even, do you know what I mean? What I do comes from my soul, and I give it to you. And that’s it."

- Noel Gallagher

6 months ago 4 notes

"

The revolution will not go better with Coke.
The revolution will not fight the germs that may cause bad breath.
The revolution will put you in the driver’s seat.

The revolution will not be televised, will not be televised,
will not be televised, will not be televised.
The revolution will be no re-run, brothers;
The revolution will be live.

"

- Gil Scott-Heron (“The Revolution Will Not Be Televised”)

7 months ago

"Almost dying changes nothing; dying changes everything."

- Gregory House, M.D. (House M.D. season 5, episode 1)

8 months ago

"Our beliefs define us; if we lose them, who are we?"

- Ramon (House M.D. Season 7, Episode 8)

9 months ago

"Nothing is original. Steal from anywhere that resonates with inspiration or fuels your imagination. Devour old films, new films, music, books, paintings, photographs, poems, dreams, random conversations, architecture, bridges, street signs, trees, clouds, bodies of water, light and shadows. Select only things to steal from that speak directly to your soul. If you do this, your work (and theft) will be authentic. Authenticity is invaluable; originality is nonexistent. And don’t bother concealing your thievery—celebrate it if you feel like it. In any case, always remember what Jean-Luc Godard said: “It’s not where you take things from—it’s where you take them to."

- Jim Jarmusch

10 months ago

"From those to whom much is given, much is expected."

- Mary Gates

11 months ago

"Man is now able to fly throught the air like a bird.
He’s able to swim beneath the sea like a fish.
He’s able to burough beneath the ground like a mole.
Now if only he could walk the Earth like a man, this would be paradise."

- Tommy Douglas

1 year ago