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To be human means to feel inferior.
To be human means to feel inferior.
We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that read more
We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a read more
Some of us still get all weepy when we think about the Gaia Hypothesis, the idea that earth is a big furry goddess-creature who resembles everybody's mom in that she knows what's best for us. But if you look at the historical record -- Krakatoa, Mt. Vesuvius, Hurricane Charley, poison ivy, and so forth down the ages -- you have to ask yourself: Whose side is she on, anyway?
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of read more
Memory is the cabinet of the imagination, the treasury of reason, the registry of conscience, and, the council chamber of thought.
There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.
The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything read more
The stupendous fact that we stand in the midst of reality will always be something far more wonderful than anything we do.
We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We read more
We realize our dilemma goes deeper than shortage of time; it is basically a problem of priorities. We confess, "We have left undone those things that ought to have done; and we have done those things which we ought not to have done.".
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any read more
When the imagination and will power are in conflict, are antagonistic, it is always the imagination which wins, without any exception.
There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.
There is nothing certain except the unforeseen.