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"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

Sat, 25 May 2013 12:44:53 +0100

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”

- Epictetus

"For it is humanly certain that most of us remember very little of what we have read. To open almost..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 02:22:33 +0100

“For it is humanly certain that most of us remember very little of what we have read. To open almost any book a second time is to be reminded that we had forgotten well-nigh everything that the writer told us. Parting from the narrator and his narrative, we retain only a fading impression; and he, as it were, takes the book away from us and tucks it under his arm.”

- Brad Leithauser

"Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who..."

Fri, 24 May 2013 01:23:17 +0100

““Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who need your help. There are feet to steady, hands to grasp, minds to encourage, hearts to inspire, and souls to save.””

- Thomas S. Monson (via quotestuff)

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Thu, 23 May 2013 22:13:59 +0100

"I still value hope, but I see it as only part of what’s required, a starting point. Think of it as..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 19:14:26 +0100

“I still value hope, but I see it as only part of what’s required, a starting point. Think of it as the match but not the tinder or the blaze. To matter, to change the world, you also need devotion and will and you need to act.”

- Rebecca Solnit on changing the world, “The Case for Hope, Continued.” (via utnereader)

"None of us can take back what we’ve done in the past, the most meaningful apology is how you live..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 01:43:22 +0100

“None of us can take back what we’ve done in the past, the most meaningful apology is how you live the rest of your life.”

- Penny Beernsten, from “Being Wrong” by Kathryn Schulz

"There are days I want to track down God, point to my life, and yell“None of this was part of my..."

Thu, 23 May 2013 00:47:58 +0100

“There are days I want to track down God,
point to my life, and yell
“None of this was part of my Goddamn plan!”
But I know he’d just shrug and say, “I’m sorry.
I never meant to give the impression that this
would be easy. I know none of this
is easy.

But that’s why I invented time. It’s a slow,
steady promise. If you just hold on,
just white knuckle grip keep breathing,
time will take you far enough away
from anything. It’s a blessing.
It will heal you if you let it.””

- Clementine von Radics
(via adderalldust)

The Only Known Photograph of Einstein Deriving his Famous...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:24:41 +0100

The Only Known Photograph of Einstein Deriving his Famous E=mc² Equation

At a public lecture in Pittsburgh in 1934, four hundred lucky students were privy to a lecture by Albert Einstein, in which the great man mathematically derived his famous mass-energy equivalence equation: E=mc². What you see above is a photo from that lecture, and what is thought to be the only surviving photo that shows Einstein working on that derivation.

The photo was pulled from a halftone newspaper clipping by David Topper and Dwight Vincent of the University of Winnipeg, who discovered it in 2007. Sadly, everything is a bit fuzzy so you can’t really make out the famed equation itself. And even though the original article had a crisp picture of Einstein posing next to one of his blackboards, he’s next to the wrong one.

Here’s a closer look at the man and the math. If you look closely, you’ll see the mass-energy equivalence in the lower left hand corner of the blackboard on the right:

Fortunately, Topper and Vincent managed to take the blurry photo and reproduce both blackboards in their original paper. Here’s the math behind the magic, the derivation of mass-energy equivalence as presented by Albert Einstein.

In case you’re wondering why the famous equation says Δ

wow, known the facts behind this takes my breath away. epic nerdry at work for me right now.

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Mon, 20 May 2013 12:30:01 +0100

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Mon, 20 May 2013 00:21:26 +0100

"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy."

Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:00 +0100

“Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy.”

- Carl Sagan (via ikenbot)

farfromthepacific: buzzfeed: The books that will move you,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:31:38 +0100

farfromthepacific:

buzzfeed:

The books that will move you, inspire you, make you cry, make you think, make you laugh. Are there any books that you would add?

Perfect

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Sun, 19 May 2013 10:03:59 +0100

Origo coffee shop - Lama Arhitectura via We Heart

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:10:07 +0100

Origo coffee shop - Lama Arhitectura via We Heart

"Look for the remedy inside the pain.  because the rose came from the thorn  and the ruby came from a..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:00:05 +0100

“Look for the remedy inside the pain. 
because the rose came from the thorn 
and the ruby came from a stone.’”

- Rumi

ryandonato: Xu Bing, A Book From the Sky, 1987. Installation at...

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:43:33 +0100

ryandonato:

Xu Bing, A Book From the Sky, 1987. Installation at Chazen Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1991. Moveable-type prints and books.

Xu trained as a printmaker in Beijing. A Book From the Sky, with its invented Chinese woodblock characters, may be a stinging critique of the meaninglessness of contemporary political language.

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Sat, 18 May 2013 12:41:40 +0100

The National - Sea of Love From the new album / Trouble Will...

Thu, 16 May 2013 00:30:04 +0100

The National - Sea of Love

From the new album / Trouble Will Find Me

Before you say you love me Joe
How am I supposed to know?
When you go under the waves
What am I supposed to say?

I see people on the floor
Aspiring to the sea
Can’t stay here anymore
We’re turning into thieves

If I stay here trouble will find me
If I stay here I’ll never leave
If I stay here trouble will find me
I believe

Joe I’ll always think of you
As a kinder child who knew
This was never gonna last
Oh Joe you fell so fast
Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but
They say love is a virtue
Don’t they?
Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but
They say love is virtue
Don’t they?
Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but
They say love is virtue
Don’t they?
Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but
They say love is virtue
Don’t they?
Hey Joe sorry I hurt you but
They say love is a virtue
Don’t they?

I see people on the floor
Aspiring to the sea
Can’t stay here anymore
We’re turning into thieves

I see you rushing now
Tell me how to reach you
I see you rushing now
What’d Harvard teach you? (repeat x5)

"One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 21:44:30 +0100

““One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full glory of some passion, than fade and wither dismally with age.””

- James Joyce, The Dead (via quotestuff)

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Wed, 15 May 2013 14:06:14 +0100

Arzitekt

"The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best."

"For it is humanly certain that most of us remember very little of what we have read. To open almost..."

"Along your pathway of life you will observe that you are not the only traveler. There are others who..."

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"I still value hope, but I see it as only part of what’s required, a starting point. Think of it as..."

"None of us can take back what we’ve done in the past, the most meaningful apology is how you live..."

"There are days I want to track down God, point to my life, and yell“None of this was part of my..."

The Only Known Photograph of Einstein Deriving his Famous...

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"Better the hard truth, I say, than the comforting fantasy."

farfromthepacific: buzzfeed: The books that will move you,...

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Origo coffee shop - Lama Arhitectura via We Heart

"Look for the remedy inside the pain. because the rose came from the thorn and the ruby came from a..."

ryandonato: Xu Bing, A Book From the Sky, 1987. Installation at...

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The National - Sea of Love From the new album / Trouble Will...

"One by one they were all becoming shades. Better pass boldly into that other world, in the full..."

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"Look for the remedy inside the pain.  because the rose came from the thorn  and the ruby came from a..."