Don't surrender your loneliness
So quickly.
Let it cut more deeply.
Let it ferment and season you
As few human
Or even divine ingredients can. -Hafez, poet (1315-1390)
In a very real and deep sense, we humans are alone. As close as we may be to others, or an other, we can't be completely known, nor can we fully know another person. One of the blessings of the Christian faith is that we know that we are known by another, the Other, and he loves us. Pondering our loneliness, realizing it and embracing it, should draw us closer to God.
Monday, November 09, 2009
Thursday, November 05, 2009
Jonathan Swift, satirist
I have ever hated all nations, professions, and communities, and all my love is toward individuals. -Jonathan Swift, satirist (1667-1745)
Hate is too strong a word, I think, since it precludes loyalty, which is appropriate and even required in some cases.
Hate is too strong a word, I think, since it precludes loyalty, which is appropriate and even required in some cases.
Monday, November 02, 2009
Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, writer, philosopher
"Don't take life too seriously. You'll never get out of it alive." -- Elbert Hubbard
I have my own version of this: Don't take this life too seriously. It's only temporary.
I have my own version of this: Don't take this life too seriously. It's only temporary.
Arnold H. Glasgow
"The fewer the facts, the stronger the opinion."-- Arnold H. Glasgow
Sadly, this is too often true.
Sadly, this is too often true.
William James
"Nothing is so fatiguing as the eternal hanging on of an uncompleted task." -- William James
Too true!
Too true!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Andy Rooney
"Computers make it easier to do a lot of things, but most of the things they make it easier to do don't need to be done." -- Andy Rooney
Mr. Rooney is pushing his curmudgeonly image here, but he is wrong. While it is certainly true that computers aren't required to do much of anything by most people, they do in fact make it easier to do many very important things, such as distributing food and other necessities. A better example might be the distribution of electricity, which could not be done as it is today without the use of computers.
Mr. Rooney is pushing his curmudgeonly image here, but he is wrong. While it is certainly true that computers aren't required to do much of anything by most people, they do in fact make it easier to do many very important things, such as distributing food and other necessities. A better example might be the distribution of electricity, which could not be done as it is today without the use of computers.
William Blake
One law for the lion and ox is oppression. -William Blake, poet, engraver, and painter (1757-1827)
Blake's concern, of course, is not with actual lions and oxen, but with humans of different personality, character, and, perhaps, position, which makes his opinion false.
Blake's concern, of course, is not with actual lions and oxen, but with humans of different personality, character, and, perhaps, position, which makes his opinion false.
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