Oh my dear friend, would you like to know why genius so rarely breaks its bonds, why it so seldom bursts upon us like a raging torrent to shatter our astounded souls? My friend, it is because of the sober gentlemen who reside on either side of the river, whose precious little summerhomes, tulip beds, and vegetable gardens would be ruined by it, and who know so well how to build dams and divert all such threatening danger in good time. — Johann Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther
Random Posts
- EnlightenmentThe guru appears when the student is ready, at other times, they pass by un-noticed; only when the thirst for truth is steady can one …
- Current Reading ListTotal Freedom, Collected Writings of Jiddu Krishnamurti Raja Yoga, Swami Vivekananda Jnana Yoga, Swami Vivekananda Be Here Now, Ram Dass Gitanjali, Rabindranath Tagore Selected Short …
- Time the DevourerTradition, will your ancient prison walls, behind which all are born and most will die, hold firm against time’s fervent battle cry that need not …
- Enlightenment
Most Shared Posts
- If what is real is unseen by the eyeand what surrounds us each day is a dream;if striving is just fi0 Shares
- It’s true in companies as much as in society: evil flourishes when good people do nothing to stop0 Shares
- What is our conversation now, in this new world of selfwhere all our time and energyjust builds a cl0 Shares
Recent Comments
- Irene on Some ancient affirmations
- Rekha on No More Sad Weepings of Regret
- Novena on Wake Up: sonetto rispetto
- John on On the Veranda: serenade
Blogroll