Friday, 11 March 2011

The Personal Website

… astonishing insights into contemporary
inconsequentiality and self–absorption.
— Doug Anderson

Interzone

The seat of the soul is there,
where the outer and inner worlds meet.
 — Novalis

The Metaphorical Language Of Mythology

… its 'worlds' and 'gods' are levels of reference and symbolic entities
which are neither places nor individuals
but states of being realisable within you.
 — Ananda K Coomaraswamy 'The Vedanta And Western Tradition'

The True University

After all manner of professors have done their best for us,
the place we are to get knowledge is in books.
The true university of these days is a collection of books.
 — Albert Camus

Thursday, 10 March 2011

There

Go to the end of the path until you get to the gate.
Go through the gate and head straight out towards the horizon.
Keep going towards the horizon.
Sit down and have a rest every now and again.
But keep on going. Just keep on with it.
Keep on going as far as you can. That's how you get there.
 — Michæl Leunig 'How To Get There'

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

The Dying Of The Light

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.
— Max Planck

Branches Everywhere

All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree.
All these aspirations are directed toward ennobling man's life,
lifting it from the sphere of mere physical existence
and leading the individual towards freedom.
— Albert Einstein

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

"More For Me"

Passing

And all the things that we own are never ours alone,
no, they just pass through our hands in succession.
— Peter Hammill 'Material Possession'

Leading The Follower

Look. You've got it all wrong.
You don't need to follow me.
You don't need to follow anybody!
You've got to think for yourselves.
 — Monty Python 'The Life Of Brian'

Monday, 28 February 2011

Discovery

Princesses

You make life a fairy tale …
Grimm!
 — John Cooper Clarke 'Twat'