Lewis Thomas, The Medusa and the Snail (1979)
15 Feb , 2011
We pass the word around; we ponder how the case is put by different people, we read the poetry; we meditate over the literature; we play the music; we change our minds; we reach an understanding. Society evolves this way, not by shouting each other down, but by the unique capacity of unique, individual human […]
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15 Feb , 2011
What else is love but understanding and rejoicing in the fact that another person lives, acts, and experiences otherwise than we do?? Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)
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15 Feb , 2011
What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it. Great short quote and quotation by: Jiddu Krishnamurti ,
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15 Feb , 2011
When she was a small girl, Amanda hid a ticking clock in an old, rotten tree trunk. It drove woodpeckers crazy. Ignoring tasty bugs all around them, they just about beat their brains out trying to get at the clock. Years later, Amanda used the woodpecker experiment as a model for understanding capitalism, Communism, Christianity, […]
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15 Feb , 2011
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely– the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears- when you give your whole attention to it. Great short quote and quotation by: J. Krishnamutri ,
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Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-08-04
15 Feb , 2011
When you really trust someone, you have to be okay with not understanding some things. Great short quote and quotation by: Real Live Preacher, Real Live Preacher weblog, 07-08-04 , Anonymous author of RealLivePreacher.com
15 Feb , 2011
Wisdom is the principal thing, therefore get wisdom; and with all thy getting, get understanding. Great short quote and quotation by: Bible, Proverbs, 4:7 ,
15 Feb , 2011
Without self knowledge, without understanding the working and functions of his machine, man cannot be free, he cannot govern himself and he will always remain a slave. Great short quote and quotation by: George Gurdjieff ,
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27 Apr , 2010
Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. Great short quote and quotation by: Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet , Lebanese artist & poet in US (1883 – 1931)