peace in the seeking…
Nothing gives rest but the sincere search for truth. – Blaise Pascal
Tagged as: truth
what do you hope is true?
I hope it’s true that: : the universe is ever expanding. : the hole in the ozone layer really is shrinking. : the very clear vision I see of my son living a long and luscious life comes to fruition. : troops will really pull out of Iraq by 2011. : pensions and social security
straight talk
What’s the point of talking to anyone if you don’t tell it like it is? – John Krakauer, author of Into The Wild
identity searchin’
I passed a thousand signs looking for my own name. – Johnny Cash, The Wanderer
To be great, be whole…
To be great, be whole; Exclude nothing, exaggerate nothing that is not you. Be whole in everything. Put all you are Into the smallest thing you do. The whole moon gleams in every pool. – Fernando Pessoa
when beauty turns into sentimentality or propaganda…
We get into trouble in the spirit when we give up any of these: when beauty turns into sentimentality or propaganda, when architecture and the other arts unconscious or considered secondary, when we forget the importance of ongoing, lifelong learning in all areas as support for the spiritual life, and especially when we make spiritual
Consciousness is a sign that…
Consciousness is a sign that we haven’t yet learned to live from the soul. – Thomas Moore
beautiful lies
Truth is beautiful, without doubt; but so are lies. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
hear the truth
The truth can never be wrong, even if no one hears it. – Ghandi
freed freedom
Power is about what you can control. Freedom is about what you can unleash. – Harriet Rubin
