Archive for Month: August 2022

“There is nothing eternal but that which loves and can be loved, and love is ever climbing towards the consummation when such shall be the universe – imperishable, divine.”  George MacDonald “For every sentence (in the Upanishads) deep original and sublime thoughts arise, and the whole is pervaded by a high and holy and earnest spirit.  In the whole world there is no study so beneficial and so elevating as that of the Upanishads.  They Read More

“Death is not the greatest loss in life.  The greatest loss is what dies inside us while we live.”  Norman Cousins “For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole world, and suffer the loss of his soul?”  Jesus “Grief is in two parts.  The first is loss.  The second is the remaking of life.”  Anne Roiphe I recently returned to a classic book – Herzog by Saul Bellow.  It’s a strange Read More

“The significance of the cherry blossom tree in Japanese culture goes back hundreds of years.  In our country, the cherry blossom represents the fragility and beauty of life.  It’s a reminder that life is almost overwhelmingly beautiful, but that it is also tragically short.”  —Homaro Cantu “The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.”  —Aristotle “A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or Read More