The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitude, he is a slave; he has forfeited his freedom. Only the person who risks is truly free. F. Leo Buscaglia, Living, loving, learning
Category: Quotes
Gilgamesh
I will proclaim to the world the deeds of Gilgamesh. This was the man to whom all things were known […] He was wise, he saw mysteries and knew secret things […] He went on a long journey, was weary, worn-out with labour, returning he rested, he engraved on a stone the whole story. Incipit, The Read More
est ce que ca veut dire
est ce que ca veut dire que c’est comme ca qu’il faut mener sa vie? toujours en équilibre entre la beauté et la mort, le mouvement et sa disparition? c’est peut etre ca etre vivant : traquer des instants qui meurent. Does it mean that this is how life should be lived? Always in equilibrium Read More
My religion
Y bien, se me dirá, “¿Cuál es tu religión?” Y yo responderé: mi religión es buscar la verdad en la vida y la vida en la verdad, aun a sabiendas de que no he de encontrarlas mientras viva; mi religión es luchar incesante e incansablemente con el misterio […] No puedo transigir con aquello del Inconocible Read More
The two qualities of art
“Shall I tell you what I think are the two qualities of art? It must be indescribable and it must be inimitable… The work of art must seize upon you, wrap you up in itself, carry you away” Pierre-Auguste Renoir
That really is the glory of science
That really is the glory of science – that science is tentative, that it is not certain, that it’s subject to change. What is really disgraceful is to have a set of beliefs that you think is absolute…, where you simply won’t listen to evidence. … This is the legendary remark of Omar when they Read More
Don’t aim at success
Don’t aim at success — the more you aim at it and make it a target, the more you are going to miss it. For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side-effect of one’s personal dedication to a cause greater than oneself or as Read More
At multa incidunt
“At multa incidunt tristia horrenda, dura toleratu.” Quia non poteram uos istis subducere, animos uestros aduersus omnia armaui: ferte fortiter. Hoc est quo deum antecedatis: ille extra patientiam malorum est, uos supra patientiam. Contemnite paupertatem: nemo tam pauper uiuit quam natus est. Contemnite dolorem: aut soluetur aut soluet. Contemnite mortem: quae uos aut finit aut Read More
Hoc nempe ab homine
Hoc nempe ab homine exigitur, ut prosit hominibus, si fieri potest, multis, si minus, paucis, si minus, proximis, si minus, sibi. This truly is asked of human beings: that they benefit human beings; the many, if possible; if not, the few; if not, those nearby; if not, themselves. Seneca, De Otium 1,3,5
The truth shall
The Truth shall make you free. But first, it will make you uncomfortable. (Author unknown)