Two Thoughts (20 - 26 August)

Sunday, 20 August

Two thoughts from Eliphas Lévi

"A good teacher must be able to put himself in the place of those who find learning hard."

"Order is never observed; it is disorder which attracts attention because it is awkward and intrusive."

Monday, 21 August

Two thoughts from Israel Regardie

"All that can be said with truth of this Absolute and Supreme Reality is that IT IS. This must suffice."

“Within every man and woman is a force that directs and controls the entire course of life.”

Tuesday, 22 August

Two thoughts from Giacomo Leopardi

"Children find everything in nothing; men find nothing in everything."

"Freedom is the dream you dream while putting thought in chains again"

Wednesday, 23 August

Two thoughts from Friedrich Schiller

"Against stupidity, God Himself fights in vain."

"Who dares nothing, need hope for nothing."

Thursday, 24 August

Two thoughts from Emma Donoghu

"Scared is what you're feeling. Brave is what you're doing."

"Sometimes you must shed your skin to save it."

Friday, 25 August

Two thoughts from Ernest Dimnet

"Whatever we read from intense curiosity gives us a model of how we should always read."

"Ideas are the root of creation."

Saturday, 26 August

Two thoughts from Duncan J. Watts

“The net result is that common sense is wonderful at making sense of the world, but not necessarily at understanding it.”

“Creeping determinism means that we pay less attention than we should to the things that don’t happen.”

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