We need myths that will help us to identify with all our fellow-beings, not simply with those who belong to our ethnic, national or ideological tribe. We need myths that help us to realize the importance of compassion, which is not always regarded as sufficiently productive or efficient in our pragmatic, rational world. We … Continue reading Quote for Today: Karen Armstong
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Quote for Today: Vilayanur Ramachandran
We are not angels, we are merely sophisticated apes. Yet we feel like angels trapped inside the bodies of beasts, craving transcendence and all the time trying to spread our wings and fly off, and it's really a very odd predicament to be in, if you think about it. --Vilayanur Ramachandran Public Domain Image via … Continue reading Quote for Today: Vilayanur Ramachandran
Quote for Today: Rollo May
Good art wounds as well as delights. It must, because our defenses against the truth are wound so tightly around us. But as art chips away at our defenses, it also opens us to healing potentialities that transcend intellectual games and ego-preserving strategies. ― Rollo May, My Quest for Beauty Read more about Rollo May here.