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Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. read more
Only in quiet waters do things mirror themselves undistorted. Only in a quiet mind is adequate perception of the world. -Hans Margolius.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.
Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world. -George Bernard Shaw.
The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
The clearsighted do not rule the world, but they sustain and console it.
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, read more
After sleeping through a hundred million centuries we have finally opened our eyes on a sumptuous planet, sparkling with color, bountiful with life. Within decades we must close our eyes again. Isn’t it a noble, an enlightened way of spending our brief time in the sun, to work at understanding the universe and how we have come to wake up in it? This is how I answer when I am asked—as I am surprisingly often—why I bother to get up in the mornings.
Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.
Penetration seems a kind of inspiration; it gives me an idea of prophecy.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
There are things known and there are things unknown, and in between are the doors of perception.
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the read more
The appearance of things change according to the emotions and thus we see magic and beauty in them, while the magic and beauty are really in ourselves. -Kahlil Gilbran.
It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there read more
It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals. -Charles Kuralt.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing.
