It is the nature, and the advantage, of strong people that they can bring out the crucial questions and form a clear opinion about them. The weak always have to decide between alternatives that are not their own. Dietrich Bonhoeffer (1906-1945) Widerstand und Ergebung (1951) Ein paar Gedanken über Vierschiedenes.
Les mer»Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all. William Shakespeare King Lear (1605-06) act 5.
Les mer»Men must endure Their going hence, even as their coming hither; Ripeness is all. William Shakespeare King Lear (1605-06) act 5.
Les mer»Bak hemmelighetens slør (døden) finnes ingen vei for noen Av disse tingenes skjema har menneskets sjel ingen kunnskap Det finnes intet vertshus (hvilested) utenom i støvets hjerte Drikk vin, for slike beretninger er ikke korte å fortelle Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) Oversatt av Bente Hovind
Les mer»The break is a break in nature; water from the rock. The natural order broken; the natural order is our construction, our constriction. Freedom. Freud, the great emancipator, from the reality-principle. Free speech, free associations, random thoughts; spontaneous movements. We stumble on the truth. The truth is always scandalous, a stumbling block; truth is where […]
Les mer»A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. William Shakespeare
Les mer»I, I can remember (I remember) Standing, by the wall (by the wall) And the guns, shot above our heads (over our heads) And we kissed, as though nothing could fall (nothing could fall) And the shame, was on the other side Oh we can beat them, for ever and ever Then we could be […]
Les mer»Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. T.S. Eliot Four Quartets Burnt Norton (1936)
Les mer»Time present and time past Are both perhaps present in time future, And time future contained in time past. T.S. Eliot Four Quartets Burnt Norton (1936)
Les mer»A ruler who governs his state by virtue is like the north pole star, which remains in its place while all the other stars revolve around it. Konfucius (551-479 f. Kr)
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