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“The difference between a good life and a bad life is how well you walk through the fire.” — Carl Jung

Tao Te Ching - Feng and English, vs. 31

Weapons are instruments of fear; they are not a wise man's tools.
He uses them only when he has no choice.
Peace and quiet are dear to his heart,
And...

Early in his life, Benjamin Franklin penned his own epitaph:

The Body
of
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN,
Printer,

(Like the cover of an old book its contents torn out
And stript of its lettering and...

"We must search out totally new ways to anchor ourselves, for all the old roots—religion, nation, community, family, or profession—are now shaking under the hurricane impact of the accelerative...

“Medical Science has made such tremendous progress that there is hardly a healthy human left.”

― Aldous Huxley

So true, Michel.
I fondly miss the letters in the mail that I used to write and anticipate receiving so dearly.
It was one of my greatest joys, for some reason... and even as a child I had...

Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind;
And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

John Donne

"Honour biological humanity. Honour Source. It will seem we are all doomed, it will seem utterly unstoppable in a moment of realisation. Hold strong in that moment because that's when Source will...

I've got to say, I think that is really brilliant!
It's properly struck me.
It's like a magical sentence as well ...does what it says on the tin. Wonderful.... thanks.[/QUOTE]

Maybe you have...

“Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and in that space, is our freedom”

~Viktor Frankl

"Introspection is your friend but it can also be a fairly uncomfortable bedfellow."

Author - Ewan here
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Villainy wears many masks; none so dangerous as the mask of virtue.

~Washington Irving

“There is almost a sensual longing for communion with others who have a large vision. The immense fulfillment of the friendship between those engaged in furthering the evolution of consciousness has...

What are the marks of a sick culture?

It is a bad sign when the people of a country stop identifying themselves with the country and start identifying with a group. A racial group. Or a religion....

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as a judge of Truth and Knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the gods."

[Preface to Brissot's Address to His Constituents (1794)]”
― Edmund Burke

This was Paul Harvey and was posted in 2014.
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Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than...

This quote is always relevant to keep in mind, as we consciously chose to act rather than re-act. (sometimes it's a challenge, though!)

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And yet another:

That reminds me of the theme of that weird childhood poem I shared in another thread. It was a strange middle-of-the night download type of a poem, that I was compelled to jump up and write down. ...