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I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je read more
I had seen the great, but I had not seen the small.
[Fr., J'avais vu les grands, mais je n'avais pas vu les petits.]
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that read more
If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. -James Hillman.
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the read more
The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual read more
The shape of our lives is defined by our insertion into institutions and systems whose interlocking power generates the "virtual reality" we experience. Such 'knowledge' is so thoroughly a part of our worldview that it simply would not occur to most people to question it. Yet underneath this reality is another, subinstitutional reality in which very different responses are simply acted out. This is the reality in which everyone, until very recently, lived. -David Schwartz.
Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but read more
Can any one find in what condition his body will be, I do not say
a year hence, but this evening?
[Lat., An id exploratum cuiquam potest esse, quomodo sese
habitarum sit corpus, non dico ad annum sed ad vesperam?]
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, read more
Whose foot is on the treadle/That turns the burning stars/Has spun the world half way round/Since last I called/Come down, come down.
That stars that in September/Looked through the mournful rain/Now set their sight again/Upon a world half night, half light
Men of distant years have said/That much depends on change of seasons/On solstices and equinox/And they have given reasons.
I disagree./Too much turns on inadvertence/On what seems to be/An accident of hand and knee/A chance sunrise/A glance of eyes.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.
For changes to be of any true value, they've got to be lasting and consistent.