We are sun and moon, dear friend; we are sea and land. It is not our purpose to become each other; it is to recognize each other, to learn to see the other and honor him for what he is: each the other's opposite and complement. ―Hermann Hesse, Narcissus and Goldmund Public Domain Image via … Continue reading Quote for Today: Hermann Hesse
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Quote for Today: Lao Tzu
If the Great Way perishes there will be morality and duty. When cleverness and knowledge arise great lies will flourish. When relatives fall out with one another there will be filial duty and love. When states are in confusion there will be faithful servants. --Lao Tzu Public Domain Image via Pixabay
Quote for Today: Marie-Louise von Franz
If we can stay with the tension of opposites long enough —sustain it, be true to it—we can sometimes become vessels within which the divine opposites come together and give birth to a new reality. ―Marie-Louise von Franz Image: The Anunciation, Henry Ossawa Tanner, 1898
Quote for Today: Kamand Kojouri
The reason as to why we are attracted to our opposites is because they are our salvation from the burden of being ourselves. ―Kamand Kojouri Image: Dog and cat © kitty.green66 with CCLicense
Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
I’m always a mystery to myself. If I knew in the first hours of the morning, what I’m going to do, what is going to happen, what attitude or decision should I take? I think my life would be deadly boring because, well, what makes life interesting is the unknown. It is the risks that … Continue reading Quote for Today: Paulo Coelho
Quote for Today: Zhuangzi
A beam or pillar can be used to batter down a city wall, but it is no good for stopping up a little hole - this refers to a difference in function. Thoroughbreds like Qiji and Hualiu could gallop a thousand li in one day, but when it came to catching rats they were … Continue reading Quote for Today: Zhuangzi
Quote for Today: Donald Kingsbury
Contradictions do not perplex the logician. They arise because there are more rules to an open game than can be known. ―Donald Kingsbury, Courtship Rite Image: M.C. Escher, Belvedere, 1958 via Ωméga * with CCLicense
