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| User: | themennonite (987856) |
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| Name: | krazy karl | |
| Bio: | Do you see him? Do you see the story? Do you see anything? It seems to me I am trying to tell you a dream - making a vain attempt, because no relation of a dream can convey the dream-sensation, that commingling of absurdity, surprise, and bewilderment in a tremor of struggling revolt, that notion of being captured by the incredible which is of the very essence of dreams... ...No, it is impossible; it is impossible to convey the life-sensation of any epoch of one's existence - that which makes its truth, its meaning - its subtle and penetrating essence. It is impossible. We live, as we dream - alone. -Heart of Darkness And He will say, "Come unto me! I have already forgiven you once. And now too your many sins are forgiven because you have loved much." ...And He will judge all and will forgive them, the good and the bad, the wise and the meek. And when He has done with all of them, he will say unto us, "Come forth ye, too! Come forth, all ye who are drunk! Come forth, all ye who know no shame!" And we shall all come forth without being ashamed, and we shall stand before Him. And He will say, "O, ye brutes! Ye who are made in the likeness of the Beast and bear his mark upon you, come ye unto me, too!" And the wise men will say, and the learned men will say, "Lord, why dost thou receive them?" And He will say unto them, "I receive them, O wise men, I receive them, O learned men, because not one of them ever thought himself worthy of it." -Crime & Punishment (Fyodor Dostoyevsky) Then he had thought about what his position actually was and the renewed shock had nearly made him spill his drink. He drained it quickly before anything serious happened to it. He then had another quick one to follow the first one down and check that it was all right. "Freedom," he said aloud. Trillian came onto the bridge at that point and said several enthusiastic things on the subject of freedom. "I can't cope with it," he said darkly, and sent a third drink down to see why the second hadn't yet reported on the condition of the first. He looked uncertainly at both of her and preferred the one on the right. He poured a drink down his other throat with the plan that it would head the previous one off at the pass, join forces with it, and together they would get the second to pull itself together. Then all three would go off in search of the first, give it a good talking to. He felt uncertain as to whether the fourth drink had understood all that so he sent down a fifth to explain the plan more fully and a sixth for moral support. "You're drinking too much," said Trillian. -Life, the Universe, and Everything It may look like I'm not doing anything, but on the cellular level, I'm rather busy. -uncertain Only the hand that erases can write the true thing. -Meister Eckhart Question with boldness even the existence of a god; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason than that of blindfolded fear. -Thomas Jefferson For it is the bitter grief of theology and its blessed task, too, always to have to seek...what in a true sense...it has always known...always providing that one has the courage to ask questions, to be dissatisfied, to think with the mind and heart one actually has, and not with the mind and heart one is supposed to have. -Karl Rahner, S.J. Of God, I don't believe I can say a word. But as a theologian, I still need to make a buck. -uncertain A metaphysical system is an instrument of vision, not a dogmatic statement of final truth. -Daniel Day Williams "The Spirit and the Forms of Love" You are educated when you have the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or self-confidence. -Robert Frost What you are in love with, what seizes your imagination, will affect everything. It will decide what will get you out of bed in the morning, what you will do with your evenings, how you spend your weekends, what you read, who you know, what breaks your heart, and what amazes you with joy and gratitude. -Pedro Arrupe S.J. What we love we shall grow to resemble -Bernard al Clairvaux "I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures. Simple in actions and in thoughts, you return to the source of being. Patient with both friends and enemies, you accord with the way things are. Compassionate toward yourself, you reconcile all beings in the world." -Lao Tzu "Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former." -Albert Einstein We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe. - Goethe I've heard newborn babies wailing like a morning dove, and old men with broken teeth stranded without love. Do I understand your question, Is it hopeless and forlorn? Come in she said, I'll give you Shelter from the storm. -Bob Dylan | |
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