You are not waiting for the storm to pass. You are the storm, remembering itself.
— Marcus Aurelius
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Sunday, September 6
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✦ Today’s Beacon
You are not waiting for the storm to pass. You are the storm, remembering itself.
— Marcus Aurelius
Comment the year you first heard this.
✦ From the Field
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is.
— Albert Einstein
Save this. Read it tomorrow.
73% of the universe is dark energy. The rest of us are mostly nothing. Be gentle with the mostly.
— Carl Sagan
In five words — what does this mean to you?
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.
— Voltaire
When did this hit home for you?
Distant galaxies are listening. Quietly. Always.
— Stephen Hawking
Save this. You’ll need it Wednesday.
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
— Aristotle
Save this. Read it tomorrow.
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the things you did.
— Mark Twain
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a quiet signal,
when there’s one to send