October 2009
1 tag
I love and yet I do not love,
I am crazy and I am not crazy.
– Anacreon
1 tag
The Analects of Confucius →
1 tag
Chi-lu asked how the spirits of the dead and the gods should be served.
The...
– The Analects of Confucius, Book 11, Verse 12
1 tag
I loved you; and perhaps I love you still,
The flame, perhaps, is not...
– Alexander Pushkin
1 tag
All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate them one from...
– The Bible, Matthew 25:32-33
1 tag
Tao Te Ching →
1 tag
Tao Te Ching (Verse 20)
Must I fear what others fear?
Should I fear desolation when there is abundance?
Should I fear darkness when that light is shining everywhere?
Nonsense!
The people of this world are steeped in their merrymaking
As if gorging at a great feast, or watching the sights of springtime
Yet here I sit, without a sign, staring blank-eyed like a child
I am but a guest in this world, while others rush...
1 tag
`But I don’t want to go among mad people,’ Alice remarked.`Oh, you...
– “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewis Carroll
Two people in love, alone, isolated from the world, that’s beautiful.
– Milan Kundera
1 tag
1 tag
Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown.
– Claude Bernard