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~ John Dewey:
"The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value."
~ John Godfrey Saxe:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
(1887: referring to the Buddhist fable of the Blind Sages and the Elephant, found in the Udana, chapter 6, section 4)
~ Rebecca West:
"Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."
"The religious is any activity pursued in behalf of an ideal end against obstacles and in spite of threats of personal loss because of its general and enduring value."
~ John Godfrey Saxe:
So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!
(1887: referring to the Buddhist fable of the Blind Sages and the Elephant, found in the Udana, chapter 6, section 4)
~ Rebecca West:
"Did St. Francis really preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats."
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Re: All Wisdom Is Plagiarism
Sun, February 1, 2004 - 3:00 AM"There are two kinds of people: those who do the
work and those who take the credit. Try to be in
the first group; there is less competition there." ~Indira Gandhi
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Re: All Wisdom Is Plagiarism
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Re: All Wisdom Is Plagiarism
Wed, April 28, 2004 - 3:40 PM"The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing."
~Albert Einstein
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Barry Lopez:
Wed, April 28, 2004 - 3:41 PMHow is one to live a moral and compassionate existence when one is fully aware of the blood, the horror inherent in life, when one finds darkness not only in one's culture but within oneself? If there is a stage at which an individual life becomes truly adult, it must be when one grasps the irony in its unfolding and accepts responsibility for a life lived in the midst of such paradox. One must live in the middle of contradiction, because if all contradiction were eliminated at once life would collapse. There are simply no answers to some of the great pressing questions. You continue to live them out, making your life a worthy expression of leaning into the light. -
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Re: Barry Lopez:
Thu, April 29, 2004 - 8:42 AMCHA-CHA-CHA!
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