"The inscrutable wisdom through which we exist is not less worthy of veneration in respect to what it denies us than in respect to what it has granted."
~Immanuel Kant
IMPERIVM
"This is the ‘goal’ of the soul path– to feel existence; not to overcome life’s struggles and anxieties, but to know life first hand, to exist fully in context."
(Thomas Moore, Care of the Soul)
~John Keats
IMPERIVM
"The splendor of nature lives in man’s heart; to be seen, it must be felt."
~Jean-Jacques Rousseau
IMPERIVM
"To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment."
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
IMPERIVM
"It’s dark because you are trying too hard. Lightly child, lightly. Learn to do everything lightly. Yes, feel lightly even though you’re feeling deeply. Just lightly let things happen and lightly cope with them. So throw away your baggage and go forward. There are quicksands all about you, sucking at your feet, trying to suck you down into fear and self-pity and despair. That’s why you must walk so lightly. Lightly my darling…"
~Aldous Huxley
IMPERIVM
"At the outset the universe appears packed with will, intelligence, life and positive qualities; every tree is a nymph and every planet a god. Man himself is akin to the universe. The advance of knowledge gradually empties this rich and genial universe: first of its gods, then of its colors, smells, sounds and tastes, finally solidity itself.… As these items are taken from the world, they are transferred to the subjective side of the account: classified as our sensations, thoughts, images or emotions. The Subject becomes gorged, inflated, at the expense of the Object. But the matter does not rest there. The same method which has emptied the world now proceeds to empty ourselves.”
~C.S. Lewis
Whoever believes in me, as the Scripture has said, ‘Out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.’
John 7:38
"Passion is necessary. Every movement of infinity comes about by passion, and no reflection can bring a movement about."
~Søren Kierkegaard
IMPERIVM
Dómine, non sum dignus, ut intres sub tectum meum: sed tantum dic verbo et sanábitur ánima mea.
Lord, I am not worthy that Thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
Underrated parenting advice:
If you don’t give your son an outlet to prove his strength, he’ll turn to violence to validate it.
Give him challenges to overcome to guide it.