Louis de Bernières, Corelli’s Mandolin
Love itself is what is left over when being “in love” has burned away, and this is both an art and a fortunate accident....
Tag: philosophy
Jaron Lanier
The most important thing about a technology is how it changes people....
J.M. Coetzee, Foe
In a world of chance is there a better and a worse? We yield to a stranger’s embrace or give ourselves to the waves; for the blink of an eyelid our vigilance relaxes; we are asleep; and when we awake, we...
Fulton J. Sheen, Seven Words of Jesus and Mary: Lessons from Cana and Calvary
Many married women who have deliberately spurned the “hour” of childbearing are unhappy and frustrated. They never discovered the joys of marriage because they refused to surrender to the obligation of their state. In saving themselves, they lost themselves!...
Laura Benet
If the sum of living be love’s fee,Tremble. You are my one eternity....
Sharon Lee
It is culture that is the bully.”...
T.F. Hodge, From Within I Rise: Spiritual Triumph Over Death and Conscious Encounters with “The Divine Presence”
Life: It is better not to wrap philosophy around such an inconceivable evolving beautiful mystery. If based on perception, alone; whatever the conclusion – it is still guessing....
Frank Herbert
Irreverence is a most necessary ingredient of religion. Not to speak of its importance in philosophy. Irreverence is the only way left to us for testing our universe....
Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Mind, Beginner’s Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
In the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert’s there are few...
Dejan Stojanovic
It’s not easy to write a poem about a poem....
