"To acquire certainty in the appreciation of things exactly as they are, and to know them in their due subordination, and in their proper relation to one another—this is really the highest enjoyment to which we ought to aspire, whether in the sphere of art, of nature, or of life." - Goethe If there is …
Category: Uncategorized
Stern Virtue
"Hart kann die Tugend sein, doch grausam nie, / unmenschlich nie—Virtue may be stern, though never cruel, never inhuman." - Schiller, James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations, 1899 The notion that virtuousness is a weak-kneed approach to living and that the only form of being good is being nice is a common misconception which blunts much of the …
Foster the Beautiful
"Foster the beautiful, and every hour thou callest new flowers to birth." - Schiller James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations, 1899 The secret to unlocking the full potential of any of your relationships - be they lovers, colleagues, family or friends - is found in taking the time to foster the beautiful qualities you recognize in them. This …
Pulsations of Wisdom
"Das Herz und nicht die Meinung ehrt den Mann—It is his heart, and not his opinion, that is an honour to a man." - Schiller, James Wood, Dictionary of Quotations, 1899 A tranquil heart sets the stage for the cultivation and maintenance of a sharp and agile mind. The state of your heart, therefore, is of chief …
I was thinking…
"Den schlecten Mann muss man verachten / Der nie bedacht was er vollbringt" — "We must spurn him as a worthless man who never applies his brains to what he is working at." - Schiller It occurred to me this morning that virtually every one of "my" best decisions at work came not from me …
Daily Virtuous Living
"There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is you, and you are he; there is a teaching; and by no unfriendly chance or bad company can he ever quite lose the benefit." - Emerson—Essays. Of Spiritual Laws. Of all …
A Bower for You
A thing of beauty is a joy forever;Its loveliness increases; it will neverPass into nothingness; but still will keepA bower quiet for us, and a sleepFull of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Keats—"Endymion" Bk. I. L. 1. If beauty is truth and truth is eternal, then beauty, too, is eternal. The outward manifestation of beauty …
Future Loveliness
What is lovely never dies,But passes into other loveliness,Star-dust, or sea-foam, flower or winged air. T. B. Aldrich—"A Shadow of the Night" Having now lived some four decades and several odd years I can safely say that that which is lovely truly never dies. While the manifestation, the form of beautiful people, places, things and events …
Laughing Song
"Laughing Song" by William Blake When the green woods laugh with the voice of joy, And the dimpling stream runs laughing by; When the air does laugh with our merry wit, And the green hill laughs with the noise of it; When the meadows laugh with lively green, And the grasshopper laughs in the merry …
Expressive Silence
You know There are moments when silence, prolong’d and unbroken, More expressive may be than all words ever spoken, It is when the heart has an instinct of what In the heart of another is passing. Owen Meredith (Lord Lytton)—Lucile. Pt. II. Canto I. St. 20. How often do you quiet yourself in conversation to …
Gregory Hake 