On Philosophy
Studying humanities allows you to talk about anything, which is why it's so dangerous.
All of this makes the grass-is-always-greener syndrome inevitable in our psychological makeup. We should not moralize or complain about this possible flaw in human nature. It is a part of the mental life of each one of us, and it has many benefits. It is the source of our ability to think of new possibilities and innovate.
Robert Greene • The Laws of Human Nature
Perhaps the value of the reference, and our collective heritage-obsessed mindset, is also about our desire to make sense of meanings and changes. To hold onto things and prune them.
Liz Gorny • POV: How valuable is the obscure creative reference?
Twain, in his lecture notes, proposes that "a sound heart is a surer guide than an ill-trained conscience" and goes on to describe the novel as "a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat".
On Huck, from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Meditating, a plan for thoughtfulness, so how do we think upon these things and so you take truth in, but you've got to take that next step then, and ruminate. You’ve gotta go back over and and read again or think in your mind, okay, what does it mean that I must believe this about God, that I might must confess this sin, that I must treat my bro
... See moreHere's a quote from Watts on discipline:
"Now that. In these Asiatic traditions it is well recognized. That people who get the knowledge that you’re it. May very well run amok. And therefore they always couple any method of gaining this, whether it is yoga whether it is smoking something or drinking something or whatever is the method they always c... See more
"Now that. In these Asiatic traditions it is well recognized. That people who get the knowledge that you’re it. May very well run amok. And therefore they always couple any method of gaining this, whether it is yoga whether it is smoking something or drinking something or whatever is the method they always c... See more
r/AlanWatts - Reddit
Heard mentioned from Lupe Fiasco
professor of philosophy, called Raymond Smullyan, says about this. He says: The dilemma is this. If it is really true that the unconverted will suffer eternal punishment, then my deceased parents, my family, my best friends, all those I love dearly are scheduled for eternal torture. Now, if God wants this, if he is the cause of this, then I would,
... See moreJohn Cleese • Professor at Large: The Cornell Years
How work took over our lives
youtube.comProtestant work ethic
Biblical Christianity is, first and foremost, a matter of the mind, and to grow as a Christian is to grow your mind. You will not be able to grow if your mind is not growing. If your mind is not being cultivated, if you're not taking in truth if you're not meditating and being renewed in the mind, there will not be the whole person in transformatio
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