The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881)
Thomas Carlyle Quote – “The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough.”
The eternal stars shine out as soon as it is dark enough. Thomas Carlyle (1795 – 1881)
Fritjof Capra Quote – “The world is not a collection of separate objects…”
The world is not a collection of separate objects but rather appears as a web of relations between the various parts of a unified whole. Fritjof Capra (1939)
Joseph Campbell Quote – “Anyone writing a creative work knows that you open…”
Anyone writing a creative work knows that you open, you yield yourself, and the book talks to you and builds itself. To a certain extent, you become the carrier of something that is given to you from what have been called the Muses — or, in biblical language, “God.” This is no fancy. It is a fact. Since the inspiration […]
Joseph Campbell Quote – “The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek.”
The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek. Joseph Campbell (1904 – 1987)
Helder Camara Quote – “Love that springs from aught but you…”
Love that springs from aught but you, love that lives in aught but you, love that returns not to you, is not love. Helder Camara (1909 – 1999)
Edward Caird Quote – “Self-government is indeed, the noblest rule on earth…”
Self-government is indeed, the noblest rule on earth… The object of a loftier ambition than the possession of crowns or sceptres. The truest conquest is where the soul is bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ. The monarch of his own mind is the only real potentate.
Edward Caird Quote – “It is not necessary to think of revelation as a source of knowledge…”
It is not necessary to think of revelation as a source of knowledge which is either contrary to reason or above reason… On the contrary it would not be difficult to show that the true idea of revelation, that which is most honoring to God, is at the same time that which is most ennobling to man — the idea, […]
Edward Caird Quote – “For whilst in one sense we give up self to live the universal and absolute life of reason…”
For whilst in one sense we give up self to live the universal and absolute life of reason, yet that to which we thus surrender ourselves is in reality our truer self. The life of absolute truth or reason is not a life that is foreign to us. If it is above us, it is also within us. In yielding […]
Edward Caird Quote – “It is the prerogative of man’s spiritual nature…”
It is the prerogative of man’s spiritual nature that he can yield himself up to a thought and will that are infinitely larger than his own. Edward Caird (1835 – 1908)