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Category Archives: quotations
Selections from “How Dante Can Save Your Life”
Review of Book Great art speaks with wisdom and authority to what is eternal in the human condition. The presence of God radiated from the Chartres cathedral so powerfully that it even pierced the dark wood into which I had … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: Merlin’s Advice
Well, it was bound to happen. I forgot to schedule a Wisdom Wednesday. I blame the library’s very odd Monday, in which we were sent running from the building a half-hour into our workday by noxious fumes coming through the … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: Perspective
This week, I’m bringing together four different quotes, all with a similar perspective — one on the value of books to the pursuit of wisdom. “Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing certain truths and … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: A Psalm of Life
Today’s wisdom is more inspiration, as this poem came to mind often while reading 12 Rules for Life. I first heard the poem on YouTube, read by Paul Scofield (he had magnificent force for narration), and have grown to appreciate … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: Rise and Shine
Today’s reading comes from Marcus Aurelius, who has shamed me out of slumber many a winter’s morn. Aurelius was the last of Rome’s “five good emperors”, and produced a work called The Meditations which has been lauded through the centuries; … Continue reading
Wisdom Wednesday: Enough
Hearing wisdom and knowing wisdom are two different things. The usual human experience is to hear a thing, remark on its insight, and then shove it away in some dark closet of our minds, where it is forgotten and fruitless. … Continue reading
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Hooked on this writing
I’m presently reading 18 Miles: The Epic Drama of Our Atmosphere and Its Weather, and loving the writing. In advance of a review, I’m sharing some of my Kindle highlights: “Insubstantial factories of infinite forms, clouds are both ephemeral and … Continue reading
Quotes from the Ground Beneath Us
“Quotations to follow tonight,” I said. I didn’t expect AT&T to have another network outage, though mercifully this one wasn’t as long as the twelve days (you better believe I counted) of February. But enough telecom griping! On to the … Continue reading
Appetizers from “The Best Cook in the World”
The following are quotations from The Best Cook in the World, which drew me in immediately with its humor and evocations of family dinners year past. The book is a tribute to the author’s mother, consisting of some of her … Continue reading
Some voices from 9/11
Below follow some of the more poignant quotes from The Only Plane in the Sky. “Meanwhile, hundreds of feet below the impact zone, people were still going about their day. The World Trade Center complex was so massive that those … Continue reading
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