Monthly Archives: March 2015

Old Russian Proverb

“When money speaks, the truth is silent.”

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On ‘Cutting out the Noise’ (of Others and Society)

“I never met the companion that was so companionable as solitude.”–Henry David Thoreau

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What Is Civilization?

“I believe empathy is the most essential quality of civilization.”–Roger Ebert

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On the Essence and Power of Language

“Language is the soul’s ozone layer and we thin it at our peril.”–Sven Birkerts “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.”–Rudyard Kipling

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On Mindless Conventionality or Conformity

“Orthodoxy means not thinking–not needing to think. Orthodoxy is unconsciousness.”–George Orwell

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“Hope is the thing with feathers.”–Emily Dickinson

“We all live in the hope that authentic meeting between human beings can still occur.”–R.D. Laing

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Self-Destruction via Fear

“We have to realize we are as deeply afraid to live and love as we are to die.”–R.D. Laing

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Living with Purpose

(quoting Nietzche) “He who has a why can bear almost any how.”–Viktor Frankl

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A Worthy Purpose and A Road Not Commonly Taken

“The goal of the journey is to discover yourself as consciousness.”–Joseph Campbell

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On the Need for Autonomy

“I must create a system or be enslaved by another man’s.”–William Blake “If you follow someone else’s way, you are not going to realize your potential.”–Joseph Campbell

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