As the island of Knowledge grows, so do the shores of our ignorance –the boundary between the known and the unknown. Learning more about the world doesn’t lead to a point closer to a final destination but to more questions and mysteries. ― Marcelo Gleiser, The Island of Knowledge: The Limits of Science and the… Continue reading Marcelo Gleiser
M and N are the water letters signifying the “dark waters” of the manifested world. A is from the Cardinal letter “I” (Represents unity and oneness, which is why “I” looks like the number 1) split from unity into manifested matter and consciousness or spirit. A is the beginning of the alphabet as well as… Continue reading Alvin Boyd Kuhn
One possible way to escape this unbearable state of uncertainty and the paralyzing feeling of one’s own insignificance is the very trait which became so prominent in Calvinism: the development of a frantic activity and a striving to do something. Activity in this sense assumes a compulsory quality: the individual has to be active in… Continue reading Erich Fromm
And in the predawn when we had slept for centuries in a drenching sweet rain you touched me and the springs of clear water beneath my skin were new knowledge. And I loved you in this city of death. — Joy Harjo, from “The Myth of Blackbirds,” The Woman Who Fell from the Sky: Poems… Continue reading Joy Harj
The water you touch in a river is the last of that which has passed, and the first of that which is coming. Thus it is with time present. Life, if well spent, is long. ― Leonardo da Vinci, Leonardo’s Notebooks (Black Dog & Leventhal August 1, 2005) First published January 1, 1519.
A man who procrastinates in his choosing will inevitably have his choice made for him by circumstance. ― Hunter S. Thompson, The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern ( Ballantine Books, April 7, 1998)
Everybody has a right to be stupid, but some people abuse the privilege. — Joseph Stalin, Joseph Stalin: A Life From Beginning to End (Hourly History, January 15, 2017)
We are not enemies, but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained, it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic chords of memory will swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature. ― Abraham Lincoln, Great Speeches / Abraham Lincoln: with… Continue reading Abraham Lincoln
You can’t run away from trouble. There ain’t no place that far. ― Uncle Remus
…For who could ever venture a “we” without trembling? — Jacques Derrida, The Work of Mourning (University Of Chicago Press; 1st edition, September 15, 2003)
The Vale of Soul-Making 