Blindspot

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

A Cruel Truth

Nature is indifferent, but only man is cruel.

"Beasts are not beastly."--Eric Hoffer

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

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

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.

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