Robert Kaplan · Follow
facebook.comSaved by ihonn and
Robert Kaplan · Follow
This asteroid has a moon.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
One hour I’m holding my dad’s hand as he died after a long battle with cancer. The next hour I’m in line at Chick-fil-A buying dinner to go for myself and my grieving family because, well, we still need to eat. And I’m in line among people who have no idea I’ve just had the most heartbreaking experience of my life, and I have this absurd moment of... See more
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
the artwork from a hotel room
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
"No heaven can come to us unless our hearts find rest in it today. Take heaven! No peace lies in the future which is not hidden in this present little instant." - Giovanni Giocundo
Heaven isn’t a destination; it’s the way you meet this breath, this glance, this patch of light.
Heaven isn’t a destination; it’s the way you meet this breath, this glance, this patch of light.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
A new way of seeing: the way you meet this breath, this glance, ….
Basically seeing in the lens of how one approaches and meets (and of course welcomes and hosts) anything and everything in this moment.
Though now I can recall a connection, a similarity, of this to a poem by Rumi on emotions.
Pay attention to all that’s more-than-we-deserve. Keep your heart soft with gratitude.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
-Ruth Chou Simmons
To the students: research is disruptive. Moving the field forward is its raison d'etre. And real progress will always invite a bit of resistance from those who prefer the familiar.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
Another brilliant wisdom from Mark Pandan
I would say to you: a master musician is one who works with the assumption of innocence within the field of experience. In other words, they don’t know what they’re doing within a context in which they do.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
I’m fascinated by what told you once about working: about trying to be ignored for as long as you can in your career, which is so smart.
facebook.com • Robert Kaplan · Follow
what Cy Twombly told you
There's no visible terror on the pilot's face. No obvious cruelty in the hijacker's expression. Instead, there's this strange, inappropriate moment of apparent levity in a situation where death was one trigger-pull away.
How do you explain that photograph? How do you reconcile the smiles with the gun?
Years later, Aral provided context that made the... See more
How do you explain that photograph? How do you reconcile the smiles with the gun?
Years later, Aral provided context that made the... See more