Two Thoughts (3 - 9 September)
Sunday, 3 September
Two thoughts from William Wordsworth
"Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least."
"Imagination is the means of deep insight and sympathy, the power to conceive and express images removed from normal objective reality."
Monday, 4 September
Two thoughts from Amit Goswami
"It is not just do do do. It is not just be be be. It is do be do be do."
"Consciousness, not matter, is the ground of all existence."
Tuesday, 5 September
Two thoughts from Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
“Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth…These are the things to fear…”
“But there’s no doubt that children have an innate sense of humor. No matter how young they are, they always know when something’s really funny.”
Wednesday, 6 September
Two thoughts from Judith Harris
“[In] other words, if you want to know the truth about the emperor’s clothes, don’t ask the tailors.”
"I gave up writing textbooks because one day it suddenly occurred to me that many of the things I had been telling those credulous college students were wrong.”
Thursday, 7 September
Two thoughts from Rodney Mullen
"The biggest obstacle to creativity is breaking through the barrier of disbelief."
"Don't let anything poison your individuality. Break away & look in, not outward."
Friday, 8 September
Two thoughts from Virgil
“Death twitches my ear; 'Live,' he says... 'I'm coming.”
“They are able who think they are able.”
Saturday, 9 September
Two thoughts from Thomas H. Huxley
“What we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.”
"Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority."
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