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The world is a living image of God.
The world is a living image of God.
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind read more
Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
I have been in love, and in debt, and in drink, this many and many a year.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
How hard it is, sometimes, to trust the evidence of one's senses! How reluctantly the mind consents to reality.
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, read more
One's life has value so long as one attributes value to the life of others, by means of love, friendship, indignation and compassion.
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar read more
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.
The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you read more
The reality of life is that your perceptions -- right or wrong -- influence everything else you do. When you get a proper perspective of your perceptions, you may be surprised how many other things fall into place.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas, Time stays, we go.
