lights on the path
The sphere of our possible intellectual knowledge is thus strictly conditioned by the limits of our own personality. On this basis, not the ends of the earth, but the external termini of our own sensory nerves, are the termini of our explorations: and to "know oneself" is really to know one's universe.
from Mysticism by Evelyn Underhill
Sara Campbell added 21d ago
Rituals are characterized by repetition. Repetition differs from routine in its capacity to create intensity.
from The Disappearance of Rituals by Daniel Steuer
Sara Campbell added 1mo ago
- I have noticed that when all the lights are on, people tend to talk about what they are doing – their outer lives. Sitting round in candlelight or firelight, people start to talk about how they are feeling – their inner lives. They speak subjectively, they argue less, there are longer pauses.
To sit alone without any electric light is curiously crea... See morefrom The Guardian by Jeanette Winterson
Sara Campbell added 2mo ago
Though he had always been a careful planner, life on the frontier had long ago convinced him of the fragility of plans. The truth was, most plans did fail, to one degree or another, for one reason or another. He had survived as a Ranger because he was quick to respond to what he had actually found, not because his planning was infallible.
from Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Sara Campbell added 13d ago
What a mystery the way things act on us, like secret messages just to you as you sit in the dark.
from Innocents and Others by Dana Spiotta
Sara Campbell added 1mo ago
To paraphrase Antoine Saint-Exupéry, we may say: rituals are in life what things are in space.
from The Disappearance of Rituals by Daniel Steuer
Sara Campbell added 22d ago
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