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Sunday, 14 September
Two thoughts from Northrop Frye
"Literature speaks the language of the imagination, and the study of literature is supposed to train and improve the imagination."
"The simplest questions are the hardest to answer."
Monday, 15 September
Two thoughts from A. S. Byatt
"I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently."
"Narrative is one of the best intoxicants or tranquilisers."
Tuesday, 16 September
Two thoughts from Dan Wells
"Life is too short. It's too precious. We have to live in this world, but we don't have to wallow in it. We don't have to fill our lives with all of this darkness."
“You are always in control of your own destiny.”
Wednesday, 17 September
Two thoughts from John Gribbin
“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”
"The Universe is ignorant of its own future, and is its own fastest simulator."
Thursday, 18 September
Two thoughts from Iris Murdoch
“We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.”
"One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own."
Friday, 19 September
Two thoughts from Guy Debord
“Just as early industrial capitalism moved the focus of existence from being to having, post-industrial culture has moved that focus from having to appearing.”
“The more powerful the class, the more it claims not to exist.”
Saturday, 20 September
Two thoughts from Sri Aurobindo
“Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.”
“The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.”
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Dear Jim,
Great quotes this week! Some of my faves:
Northrop Frye:
"The simplest questions are the hardest to answer."
A. S. Byatt:
"I don't like gurus. I don't like people who ask you to follow or believe. I like people who ask you to think independently."
John Gribbin:
“It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.”
"The Universe is ignorant of its own future, and is its own fastest simulator."
Iris Murdoch:
“We defend ourselves with descriptions and tame the world by generalizing.”
"One should go easy on smashing other people's lies. Better to concentrate on one's own."
Sri Aurobindo:
“Watch the too indignantly righteous. Before long you will find them committing or condoning the very offence which they have so fiercely censured.”
“The first principle of true teaching is that nothing can be taught.”
Thanks for sharing as always!
Love
Myq