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Category Archives: Quotes
All Shall be Well —
It’s a story that should begin, “Once upon a time.” It has that ageless storytale quality. Once upon a time there was a woman who was born on the 8th November 1342 (and how do we know that so definitively?), … Continue reading
Posted in Etcetera, Life and Death, Memory, Personal Essay, Quotes, Wisdom, Wonderings
Tagged Hermits, Julian of Norwich, Mystics, Revelation, Saints, Visions, Wisdom
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Promiscuously, in a Vase
Why have I been sequestered so long, away from my blogs (and yours)? I’ve been preparing to moderate a seminar on the Cultural Arts of Japan in our local Learning in Retirement program. I’m sure that in a previous life … Continue reading
Knitting up that Sleeve!
Sleep that knits up the ravell’d sleave of care — You may be thinking that Shakespeare had a bit of a spelling problem. Actually, though, he didn’t. Spelling hadn’t been codified yet in Elizabethan times, and so people pretty much … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, Etcetera, Health, Medicine, Pioneer Valley, Quotes
Tagged Humor, Insomnia, Medicine, Remedies, Shakespeare, Sleep
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In Praise of Shadows
Here in the West we often favor brilliant colors, hyperrealism, and a superabundance of light. Dazzle! Clarity! Vision! But in the East, in Japan, there are also alternate aesthetic values. This quote from the novelist Junichiro Tanizaki presents a traditional … Continue reading
Posted in Flowers, Japan, Mindfulness, Quotes, Writers
Tagged Darkness, Japan, Patterns, Shadows
16 Comments
There are Two Kinds of People?
“There are, it has been said, two types of people in the world. There are those who say: this glass is half full. And then there are those who say: this glass is half empty. The world belongs, however, to … Continue reading
Schadenfreude, and other Genius German expressions!
If most people know anything at all about the German language, it is that it can produce some of the longest, bulkiest words ever, which mostly seem impossible to pronounce. For instance, in English we simply say Incorporated; the German … Continue reading
Posted in Definitions, Etcetera, Mindfulness, Quotes, Wisdom
Tagged German, Ideas, Language
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What Matters in the End?
Here is one answer, from playwright, author, actor Alice Childress: “Life is just a short walk from the cradle to the grave, and it sure behooves us to be kind to one another along the way.” And here is another, from … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Definitions, Democracy, Freedom, Life and Death, Personal Essay, Quotes
Tagged Bible, Compassion, Dogs, Help, Human Beings, Kindness, Poetry
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Non-Violence and Hard Boiled Eggs
I make really good egg salad. Which, of course, starts with hard-boiled eggs. When my egg salad comes to the table, it looks great, usually in its blue-and-white Chinese bowl, maybe some thin-sliced radishes adorning it, maybe nothing at all, … Continue reading
Posted in Buddha, Definitions, Enlightenment, Etcetera, Mindfulness, Personal Essay, Quotes, Wisdom
Tagged Ahimsa, Compassion, Eggs, Gandhi, Kitchens, Non-violence, Patience, Time, Violence
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Of Making Many Books, There is No End — or Reward?
“Of making many books there is no end, and much study is a weariness of the flesh.” Ecclesiastes 12 It was that way right from the beginning, I’m sure. Carvers in stone, makers of runes, scribes in papyrus and parchment, … Continue reading
Like a Snake in Springtime …
“The snake which cannot cast its skin has to die. As well the minds which are prevented from changing their opinions; they cease to be mind.” — Friedrich Nietzsche Spring, that season of new growth, is generally greeted with joy. And … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Etcetera, Nature, Personal Essay, Quotes, Spring, Wisdom
Tagged Change, Growth, Opinion, Snakes, Springtime, Wisdom
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