Wednesday, February 02, 2005
“At sixteen I was stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. At twenty-five, I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid, confused, insecure and indecisive. Who would have supposed that maturity is only a short break in adolescence?”
- Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), American cartoonist and writer: caption to a drawing in “Observer”, February 3, 1974.
“It is therefore wrong to reproach the mystics, as has been done sometimes, because they use love’s language. It is theirs by right. Others only borrow it.”
- Simone Weil (1909 – 1943), French philosopher and mystic: ‘Forms of the Implicit Love of God’ in “Waiting on God”, 1951.
“You must forget everything traditional that you have learned about God, perhaps even the word itself.”
- Paul Tillich (1886 – 1965), German cleric, theologian and philosopher: ‘The Depth of Existence’ in “The Shaking of the Foundations”, 1955.
“Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.”
- Francis Hutcheson (1694 – 1746), Scottish philosopher: “Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue”, 1726.
- Jules Feiffer (b. 1929), American cartoonist and writer: caption to a drawing in “Observer”, February 3, 1974.
“It is therefore wrong to reproach the mystics, as has been done sometimes, because they use love’s language. It is theirs by right. Others only borrow it.”
- Simone Weil (1909 – 1943), French philosopher and mystic: ‘Forms of the Implicit Love of God’ in “Waiting on God”, 1951.
“You must forget everything traditional that you have learned about God, perhaps even the word itself.”
- Paul Tillich (1886 – 1965), German cleric, theologian and philosopher: ‘The Depth of Existence’ in “The Shaking of the Foundations”, 1955.
“Wisdom denotes the pursuing of the best ends by the best means.”
- Francis Hutcheson (1694 – 1746), Scottish philosopher: “Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue”, 1726.
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