For I have learnedTo look on nature, not as in the hourOf thoughtless youth; but hearing oftentimesThe still sad music of humanity,Nor harsh nor grating, though of ample powerTo chasten and subdue.—And I have feltA presence that disturbs me with the joyOf elevated thoughts – William Wordsworth from Tintern Abbey …
Induction presupposes metaphysics. – Alfred North Whitehead We believe in one God, the Father Almighty, Maker of all things visible and invisible. – The Nicean Creed (325 AD) E Pluribus Unum – The Great Seal of the United States of America Since the beginning of civilization, man has always looked …
This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go into heaven. – Acts 1:10-11 ESV I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I …
The living organism seems to be a macroscopic system which in part of its behaviour approaches to that purely mechanical (as contrasted with thermodynamical) conduct to which all systems tend, as the temperature approaches the absolute zero and the molecular disorder is removed. – Erwin Schrodinger from “What Is Life? …
Human reason, in one sphere of its cognition, is called upon to considerquestions, which it cannot decline, as they are presented by its own nature, but which it cannot answer, as they transcend every faculty of themind. It falls into this difficulty without any fault of its own. – Immanuel …
I appeal to you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Do not be conformed to this world but be transformed by the renewal of your mind, that you may prove what …
The liberty I mean is social freedom. It is that state of things in which liberty is secured by the equality of restraint. A constitution of things in which the liberty of no one man, and no body of men, and no number of men, can find means to trespass …
Look only for the good, for the Divine in people and things, and all the rest leave to God. – John-Roger Jesus said, “Whoever has come to know the world has discovered acarcass, and whoever has discovered a carcass, of that person the world isnot worthy.” – The Gospel of …
Human consciousness is just about the last surviving mystery… a topic that often leaves even the most sophisticated thinkers tongue-tied and confused. And, as with all of the earlier mysteries, there are many who insist – and hope – that there will never be a demystification of consciousness. – Daniel …
But, Mousie, thou art no thy-lane,In proving foresight may be vain;The best-laid schemes o’ mice an’ men Gang aft agleyAn’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain, For promis’d joy! – Robert Burns from ‘To a Mouse’ The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow’r, And all that beauty, all that …
