"Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something" - Plato
"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest" - Confucius
"It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things" - Henry David Thoreau
"To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom" - Bertrand Russell
"Wisdom outweighs any wealth" - Sophocles
"Patience is the companion of wisdom" - Saint Augustine
"It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer" - Albert Einstein
Universally and across ages; patience, perseverance, discretion, courage; are held as building blocks and evidence of wisdom. The road map is obvious and obviously tough to follow going by the evidence of strife in life in general. So to get ahead a door needs to open to let out the self, and let sense in - the self that gets in the way of you and you, you and them.
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Monday, August 2, 2010
Thursday, July 15, 2010
On Faith
From SarvaShiva, Seattle
"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother" - Kahlil Gibran
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe" - Voltaire
"Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right" - John Donne
"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm" - Mahtama Gandhi
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - St. Augustine
"A man of courage is also full of faith" - Cicero
Why do we despair, agreed times are dire, fears real, but that faith works is also real because these men of great intellect and accomplishment would not embrace faith were it an illusion. Perhaps Faith is capabilities coupled with self-confidence in those, and maybe deployable skills are the only real foundation of faith, separating day-dreams from faith, earned from anticipated or entitled.
"Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother" - Kahlil Gibran
"Faith consists in believing when it is beyond the power of reason to believe" - Voltaire
"Reason is our soul's left hand, faith her right" - John Donne
"If patience is worth anything, it must endure to the end of time. And a living faith will last in the midst of the blackest storm" - Mahtama Gandhi
"Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase" Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - St. Augustine
"A man of courage is also full of faith" - Cicero
Why do we despair, agreed times are dire, fears real, but that faith works is also real because these men of great intellect and accomplishment would not embrace faith were it an illusion. Perhaps Faith is capabilities coupled with self-confidence in those, and maybe deployable skills are the only real foundation of faith, separating day-dreams from faith, earned from anticipated or entitled.
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