May 2013
“If there is a God, He will have to beg my forgiveness.”
—A phrase that was carved on the walls of a concentration camp cell during WWII by a Jewish prisoner (via d-racos)
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men.”
—Joseph Conrad (via herself-rediscovered)
Maryland governor signs tough gun control law →
reuters.com
Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley on Thursday signed into law one of the United States’ toughest gun control measures, even as opponents vowed to overturn it.
The legislation prompted by the Newtown, Connecticut, school massacre requires handgun buyers to undergo safety training and submit fingerprints to obtain a license.
It also bans the sale of 45 types of assault weapons, which have been linked to at least 461 U.S. deaths since 2004, according to the governor’s office.
Opponents of the changes say they aren’t planning to seek any sort of public vote/referendum on the bill, but will instead offer support to an NRA lawsuit which challenges the legality of the new regulations. Similar legislation has been passed in Colorado, New York, and Connecticut following a recent uptick in mass shooting incidents.
“I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.”
—Tom Waits (via loveanddrevenge)
“My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.”
—Maya Angelou (via loveyourchaos)
“The occultists teach that each and every mental or emotional state has its own distinctive rate of vibration, and that the secret of “emotional contagion” is due to the fact that similar vibrations are set up in the emotional nature of persons subjected to the influence of strong emotion in another person. All manifestations of thought, emotion, will, desire, or feeling, or any other mental state, are accompanied and caused by vibrations of a certain high rate, and that these vibrations tend to influence others in their field of “induction,” and tend to set up in the others similar vibrations. In this fact lies the secret of Mental Influence, Personal Magnetism, etc. A knowledge and mastery of the science of mental vibrations enables the skilled Rosicrucian to change the rate of his mental vibrations at will, and to thus maintain a state of mental calm and power, unaffected by the thought vibrations of those around him.”
—The Secret Doctrine of the Rosicrucians by Magus Incognito [1918].
(Part XIII: The Seven Cosmic Principles)
(Part XIII: The Seven Cosmic Principles)
“In a world where people all around us are lying and confusing us, to be honest is a great kindness.”
—David Edwards, Burning All Illusions (via creatingaquietmind)
“So you plant your own garden and
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting
for someone to bring you flowers.” —Jorge Luis Borges (via Swanfeather Songs)
decorate your own soul, instead of waiting
for someone to bring you flowers.” —Jorge Luis Borges (via Swanfeather Songs)
The sexual tension between two people when one of them says “make me”
“The updated budget projections from the Congressional Budget Office show that the nation’s finances are healing much faster than anyone anticipated. Thanks to increased tax revenues, the budget deficit will shrink to $642 billion this year, or 4 percent of GDP. That’s the lowest aggregate deficit since 2008 and less than half the size of 2009′s deficit, which was 10.1 percent of GDP.”
—The Incredible Shrinking Budget Deficit - Businessweek (via robot-heart-politics)
“Angry, and half in love with you, and tremendously sorry, I turned away.”
—F. Scott Fitzgerald (via loveyourchaos)
