"Ego is to the true self what a flashlight is to a spotlight." -- John Bradshaw
Taking “ego” to mean self-centeredness or self-concern, I would agree that Bradshaw identifies what should be, but I fear that these days the reality for many is quite the opposite. Our modern culture more and more promotes the ideal of autonomous individualism, the tyranny of the self. Ego becomes all there is.
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Sunday, March 10, 2013
John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
One unerring mark of the love of truth is not entertaining any proposition with greater assurance than the proofs it is built upon will warrant. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
The problem in the present age, or I suppose really in any age, is what counts as a proof, what kind of warrant is accepted or required.
The problem in the present age, or I suppose really in any age, is what counts as a proof, what kind of warrant is accepted or required.
John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
A sound mind in a sound body, is a short but full description of a happy state in this world. -John Locke, philosopher (1632-1704)
Locke left something out. Man is more than just a mind in a body. He is also a spiritual being, and unless he is in a sound relationship with God he is not in a happy state in this world, let alone in the next.
Locke left something out. Man is more than just a mind in a body. He is also a spiritual being, and unless he is in a sound relationship with God he is not in a happy state in this world, let alone in the next.
Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961)
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, -- quieter, warmer. -Dag Hammarskjold, Secretary General of the United Nations, Nobel laureate (1905-1961)
Good one!
Good one!
Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet and dramatist (1759-1805)
As freely as the firmament embraces the world, / or the sun pours forth impartially his beams, / so mercy must encircle both friend and foe. -Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller, poet and dramatist (1759-1805)
Or as Jesus put it, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Mt. 5:43-45
Or as Jesus put it, “You have heard that it was said, ‘Love your neighbor and hate your enemy.’ But I tell you, love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, that you may be children of your Father in heaven. He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous. Mt. 5:43-45
Francois De La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)
It is more often from pride than from ignorance that we are so obstinately opposed to current opinions; we find the first places taken, and we do not want to be the last. -Francois De La Rochefoucauld, moralist (1613-1680)
Sometimes it is neither pride nor ignorance that makes us obstinately opposed to some current opinion, but rather reasoned judgment that this particular opinion must be opposed.
Sometimes it is neither pride nor ignorance that makes us obstinately opposed to some current opinion, but rather reasoned judgment that this particular opinion must be opposed.
Bertrand Russell
Every advance in civilization has been denounced as unnatural while it was recent. -Bertrand Russell, philosopher, mathematician, author, Nobel prize in literature (1872-1970)
Unfortunately, some of those "advances" are no longer denounced as they should be.
Unfortunately, some of those "advances" are no longer denounced as they should be.
Lao Tzu
"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading." -- Lao Tzu
The question is, of course, am I currently going in the right direction?
The question is, of course, am I currently going in the right direction?
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