We do not have to understand new things, but by dint of patience, effort and method to come to understand with our whole self the truths which are evident. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Simone Weil Quote – “Attention alone, that attention which is so full that…”
Attention alone — that attention which is so full that the ‘I’ disappears — is required of me. I have to deprive all that I call ‘I’ of the light of my attention and turn it on to that which cannot be conceived. Simone Weil (1909 – 1943)
Walt Whitman Quote – “And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality…”
And as to you Death, and you bitter hug of mortality, it is idle to try to alarm me… And as to you Corpse I think you are good manure, but that does not offend me, I smell the white roses sweet-scented and growing, I reach to the leafy lips, I reach to the polish’d breasts of melons. And as […]
Leo Tolstoy Quote – “Life is a dream…”
Life is a dream. Death is an awakening. Leo Tolstoy (1828 – 1910)
Oh Joy! What Is It and How Do We Find It?
The idea of “joy” seems a bit mysterious. We may not know what it is exactly, but we sense there’s more to it than what we normally think of as “happiness.” It seems to refer to something whose roots and meaning lie beyond the passing pleasures of daily life. Perhaps we might think of joy as a deeper, more abiding […]
William Shakespeare Quote – “O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain!…”
O villain, villain, smiling, damned villain! My tables — meet it is I set it down, That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain; At least I’m sure it may be so in Denmark. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
C. S. Lewis Quote – “I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures…”
I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for joy. C. S. Lewis (1898 – 1963)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory…”
Remember thee! Yea, from the table of my memory I’ll wipe away all trivial fond records, All saws of books, all forms, all pressures past, That youth and observation copied there; And thy commandment all alone shall live Within the book and volume of my brain, Unmix’d with baser matter: yes, by heaven! William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Do not, as some ungracious pastors do…”
Do not, as some ungracious pastors do, Show me the steep and thorny way to heaven; Whiles, like a puff’d and reckless libertine, Himself the primrose path of dalliance treads, And recks not his own rede. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Like madness is the glory of this life.”
Like madness is the glory of this life. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)