The real danger of the evil eye is that one recognizes the faults in others, but never in oneself.
Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam in thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.--Matthew 7:5
Sunday, December 29, 2019
Friday, December 20, 2019
Saturday, December 14, 2019
Cause and Effect
Science leads us back to religion through which we enter the realm of sacred awe.
Try and penetrate with our limited means the secrets of nature and you will find that, behind all the discernible concatenations,
there remains something subtle, intangible and inexplicable. Veneration
for this force beyond anything that we can comprehend is my religion.--Albert Einstein
Friday, December 13, 2019
Expert Advice
The definition of an expert: one who thinks he knows.
It is then tempting to define a wise man as one who knows that he does not know. But this is still to be trapped in the realm of the known.
To be truly wise, we must enter into the unknown.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.--Shunryu Suzuki
It is then tempting to define a wise man as one who knows that he does not know. But this is still to be trapped in the realm of the known.
To be truly wise, we must enter into the unknown.
In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's there are few.--Shunryu Suzuki
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
A Willing Slave
The original sin is fear. The only way to atone for it is by holy service.
Love has made me the servant of all.
Wednesday, December 4, 2019
A Close Observation
To learn from experience can be painful, expensive and time-consuming. The wise learn from the experience of others, and the creative know how to make a crumb of experience go a long way. The Greeks derived their theories not from experience but from looking on. The Greek theorein means to look on.--Eric Hoffer in Before the Sabbath
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The Watchman
"Some watch others to learn what to do, and some watch to learn what not to do." --Eric Hoffer in The Passionate State of Mind And...
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Moral degeneration is a downhill slide. Moral regeneration is an uphill battle.
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The desire to teach other men how to live would be laughable if it were not so pitiable.
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A definition of ignorant might be a person who is unaware that he is unaware .