And here I am at last, a very fool, with useless learning curst, no wiser than at first. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 – 1832)
Soren Kierkegaard Quote – “A thinker erects an immense building…”
A thinker erects an immense building, a system, a system which embraces the whole of existence and world-history, etc. And if we contemplate his personal life, we discover to our astonishment this terrible and ludicrous fact, that he himself personally does not live in this immense high-vaulted palace, but in a barn alongside of it, or in a dog kennel, […]
Soren Kierkegaard Quote – “He falls by his own hand…”
If he falls in this conflict, then he falls by his own hand, for physically and externally understood, I can fall by the hand of another, but spiritually there is only one who can destroy me, and that is myself. Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)
Soren Kierkegaard Quote – “No mockery will wound the lover…”
And in eternity no mockery will wound the lover because he was foolish enough to make himself a laughing-stock through hoping everything. Soren Kierkegaard (1813 – 1855)
Isaac of Nineveh Quote – “An ignorance superior to knowledge…”
The mind then transcends prayer… It does not pray a definite prayer, but finds itself in ecstasy in the midst of incomprehensible realities. It is indeed an ignorance superior to knowledge. Isaac of Nineveh (circa 613 – 700)
Quote from The Mahbhrata – “This is the sum of duty…”
This is the sum of duty: Do naught unto others which would cause you pain if done to you. Mahbhrata (circa 800 B.C.E.)
Hermetic Saying – “Bring all opposites inside yourself and reconcile them…”
Bring all opposites inside yourself and reconcile them. Understand that you are everywhere: on the land, in the sea, in the sky. Realize that you haven’t yet been begotten, that you are still in the womb, that you are young, that you are old, that you are dead, that you are in the world beyond the grave. Hold all this […]
Francois Fenelon Quote – “Your imagination exaggerates how bad death will be…”
Many think that dying to themselves is what causes them so much pain. But it is actually the part of them that still lives that causes the problem. Death is only painful to you when you resist it. Your imagination exaggerates how bad death will be. Self-love fights with all of its strength to live. Die inwardly as well as […]
Francois Fenelon Quote – “Speak the truth simply…”
God will not only show you how physically weak you are, but how spiritually weak you are without Him. How strong you will be when you see that you are completely weak. Then you will always be able to believe that you are mistaken. Open yourself to the insight of others. Do not be dogmatic. Speak the truth simply. Allow […]
Francois Fenelon Quote – “We tempt God by our false wisdom…”
The crosses which we make for ourselves by over-anxiety as to the future are not Heaven-sent crosses. We tempt God by our false wisdom, seeking to forestall His arrangements, and struggling to supplement His Providence by our own provisions. The crosses actually laid upon us always bring their own special grace and consequent comfort with them; we see the Hand […]
