Archive for the ‘ Philosophy and Religion ’ Category

Know Thyself

Knowing others, one is learned; Knowing thyself, one is enlightened. Conquering others requires force; Conquering oneself requires strength. Knowing contentment, one is rich; Having perseverance, one is firm; Abiding in the center, one endures; Even in dying, one enjoys eternal life. -Lao Tzu (As seen on People for Others)[ READ MORE ]

Frederick Buechner

I happened randomly on this author today through a Jesuit blog. I saw a quote of his on the sidebar and had to investigate. I read through more of his quotes and I quite like them. I love it when someone sees the personal significance behind what we claim to believe, and when someone finds [ READ MORE ]

Process

Life is a process, You have to go through it. You can avoid it as long as you can, But it will simmer under the surface Until it gains enough strength To tear your world apart. Don’t avoid it. Go through it. Be brave, Have trust. One moment Will not dominate your life Unless you [ READ MORE ]

Tax Payers Right to Vote Act

Have you noticed the number of ads promoting this proposition? Have you noticed who is the number one supporter? Yep, PG&E. Doesn’t that make you just a little bit suspicious? They have quite the special interest in effectively eliminating their competition. The proposition is a constitutional amendment that will require a two-thirds majority for a [ READ MORE ]

Repetition of Concepts

It’s very easy to hear something and immediately dismiss it as something already known. If you’ve heard it before, what’s the value in listening again. I find that sentiment springing up in me now and again when I read books about spirituality and psychology. It is times like these that I need to step back [ READ MORE ]

Listening

“To communicate with one another, even if we know each other very well, is extremely difficult. I may use words that may have to you a significance different from mine. Understanding comes as we, you and I, meet on the same level at the same time. That happens only when there is real affection between [ READ MORE ]

Bible In Five Statements Meme

I was tagged by Laura Summarize the Bible in five statements (fifteen words).  The first statement – one word long, the second two, the third three, the fourth four and the last five words long. Or possibly you could do this in descending order. Tag five people. Well, to be honest I feel a bit [ READ MORE ]

Quote

Oh God, I wish from now on to be the first to become conscious of all that the world loves, pursues, and suffers; I want to be the first to seek, to sympathize, and to suffer; the first to unfold and sacrifice myself, to become more widely human and more nobly of the earth than [ READ MORE ]

Fyodor Dostoevsky 1812-1881

As Rosamonde pointed out, Dostoevsky was born today 197 years ago.  Here are a few quotes in remembrance of him.   “The greatest happiness is to know the source of unhappiness.” “Lying to ourselves is more deeply ingrained than lying to others” “So long as man remains free he strives for nothing so incessantly and [ READ MORE ]

Kierkegaard on the Couch (by Gordon Marino)

(this article was originally published in New York Times on Oct 28, 2009) All progress paves over some bit of knowledge or washes away some valuable practice. Within a few years, e-mail and Twitter moved the art of letter writing to the trash bin. And in an age when all psychic life is being understood [ READ MORE ]

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