Iwaku's Words of Wisdom

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"Make good art... Husband runs off with a politician? Make good art. Leg crushed and then eaten by mutated boa constrictor? Make good art. IRS on your trail? Make good art. Cat exploded? Make good art. Somebody on the Internet thinks what you do is stupid or evil or it's all been done before? Make good art. Probably things will work out somehow, and eventually time will take the sting away, but that doesn't matter. Do what only you do best. Make good art." - Neil Gaiman

I'm surprised no one's posted it yet, considering the nature of Iwaku. It's a long quote because it's from an amazing speech that Gaiman gave, but it's one of my favorites. When I was dealing with my major depressive disorder, severe anxiety, and the myriad of medical problems that wanted to choke me out, I wished I'd had this speech. It's addressed to a graduating class of an art school, but it doesn't matter - helpful nonetheless. If you're interested in the full, fantastic, twenty-minute speech, it can be found here.
 
Sometimes someone's else's darkness is another person's light, all depending on how they face it. Just like how that person uses that darkness, or acts, the definition between light and dark is that both have many shades to them.
 
It's important that, when one commits a fallacy, to improve rather than beat yourself up.
 
An absolutely great speech from a man you would never expect it to come from.

I'm sorry, but I don't want to be an emperor. That's not my business. I don't want to rule or conquer anyone. I should like to help everyone - if possible - Jew, Gentile - black man - white. We all want to help one another. Human beings are like that. We want to live by each others happiness - not by each others misery. We don't want to hate and despise one another. In this world there is room for everyone. And the good earth is rich and can provide for everyone. The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way.

Greed has poisoned men's' souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical. Our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery we need humanity. More than cleverness we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost....

The aeroplane and the radio have brought us closer together. The very nature of these inventions cries out for the goodness in men - cries out for universal brotherhood - for the unity of us all. Even now my voice is reaching millions throughout the world - millions of despairing men, women, and little children - victims of a system that makes men torture and imprison innocent people.

To those who can hear me, I say - do not despair. The misery that is now upon us is but the passing of greed - the bitterness of men who fear the way of human progress. The hate of men will pass, and dictators die, and the power they took from the people will return to the people. And so long as men die, liberty will never perish. .....

Soldiers! don't give yourselves to brutes - men who despise you - enslave you - who regiment your lives - tell you what to do - what to think and what to feel! Who drill you - diet you - treat you like cattle, use you as cannon fodder. Don't give yourselves to these unnatural men - machine men with machine minds and machine hearts! You are not machines! You are not cattle! You are men! You have the love of humanity in your hearts! You don't hate! Only the unloved hate - the unloved and the unnatural! Soldiers! Don't fight for slavery! Fight for liberty!

In the 17th Chapter of St Luke it is written: "the Kingdom of God is within man" - not one man nor a group of men, but in all men! In you! You, the people have the power - the power to create machines. The power to create happiness! You, the people, have the power to make this life free and beautiful, to make this life a wonderful adventure.

Then - in the name of democracy - let us use that power - let us all unite. Let us fight for a new world - a decent world that will give men a chance to work - that will give youth a future and old age a security. By the promise of these things, brutes have risen to power. But they lie! They do not fulfill that promise. They never will!

Dictators free themselves but they enslave the people! Now let us fight to fulfill that promise! Let us fight to free the world - to do away with national barriers - to do away with greed, with hate and intolerance. Let us fight for a world of reason, a world where science and progress will lead to all men's happiness. Soldiers! in the name of democracy, let us all unite!
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-The Great Dictator - Charlie Chaplin, 1940
 
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Each and everyone of us is waging a battle that no other can see.

Be kind to one another.
 
"The red washing down the bathtub can't change the colour of the sea at all." -Derrick C. Brown, "Instead of Killing Yourself"
 
 
"The human being is perfect because we cannot produce perfection. Our imperfections brings us down but also helps us to stand up. We live both in happiness and in sadness. We see beauty as we see ugliness. We create as we destroy.

Yet, we all have one thing in common; we live. So live while you can, because this gift of life shouldn't be wasted."
- Rain of the Night
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"Not a lot of people realize this, but it is a gift to wake up every morning. It means that you still have your life and you can do what I want with it until you sleep again. There might come the day when you don't wake up... So when you do wake up, cherish it."​

- Rain of the Night​
 
Don't kill the child inside of yourself.

The older we get, the more serious we get too. I think that people let parts of their selves die in the light of new responsibilities, views of their environment, expectations from society, etcetera. Yet, we lose the ability to live in the present, we don't allow our selves to show raw emotion, we feel that now we're adults we need to act a certain way. Shame comes into play and shame is something that kills the lot of us. Of course, some responsibilities come with age, but one shouldn't let their selves be devoured by them. Pretend the floor is lava if you damn well feel like it. Fangasm over fucking pokémon coming out with the ruby/saphire remake. Do something selfish you enjoy every day. Sneak into a movie even if you have the money to buy a ticket just for the thrill of it. Stop ignoring all your impulses, let yourself be free for a bit. You'll be happier for it.
 
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This is a good word of wisdom.
 
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My go-to motivational quote when I need some motivatin' for doing whatever. It's something I like to throw along with

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No. I am no sadomasochist.
 
Sleep is important, Dreaming is when your body let's go and your mind take complete control.
 
I'll share my recent ones from my status wall. <3

Honesty is a very expensive gift, don't expect it from cheap people. — Anonymous

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosovelt
 
Be Yourself
In a community were people share a common interest, don't be afraid to stand out.​
 
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