Creighton
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Creighton
@clh
Human religion begins with our ability to populate our minds with imagined other minds.
Storr, The Science of Storytelling
It is worth living long enough to outlast whatever sense of grievance you may acquire. Another reason why you must be careful of your health.
‘Were there a species of creatures intermingled with men, which
though rational, were possessed of such inferior strength, both of body
and mind, that they were incapable of all resistance, and could never,
upon the highest provocation, make us feel the effects of their
resentment; the necessary consequence, I think, is that we should be
bound by the
... See more“Hope clouds observation.” — Frank Herbert, Dune, 1965 novel
There are two occasions when the sacred beauty of Creation becomes dazzlingly apparent, and they occur together. One is when we feel our mortal insufficiency to the world, and the other is when we feel the world’s mortal insufficiency to us.
Luke 12:20-21: Once, Jesus was asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom... See more