“Concern for the symbol has completely disappeared from our science . And yet, if one were to give oneself the trouble, one could easily find, in certain parts at least of contemporary mathematics... symbols as clear, as beautiful, and as full of spiritual meaning as that of the circle and mediation. From modern thought to ancient wisdom the path would be short and direct, if one cared to take it.” IfsGivingWould BeBeautifulSpiritualCertainPathClearTroubleModernConcernDirectMathematicsAncientOneselfCirclesContemporarySymbolsMediationAncient Wisdom Book:The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind Source: The Need for Roots: Prelude to a Declaration of Duties Towards Mankind
“If you look at the world with parted lips and a pure heart, and will the good, won't that make a true and beautiful poem? One's heart tells one that it will; and one's heart is wrong. There is no direct road to Parnassus.” IfsWorldLooksHeartBeautifulPureDirectLipsPure Heart Author:Randall Jarrell
“Daniel Levitin takes the most sophisticated ideas that exist about the brain and mind, applies them to the most emotionally direct art we have, our songs, and makes beautiful music of the two together.” MindArtTwoIdeasTogetherBeautifulSongBrainDirectSophisticatedBeautiful Music Author:Adam Gopnik
“Fly fishing is the most beautiful way of trying to catch a fish; not the most efficient, just as ballet is the most beautiful way of moving the body between between two points, not the most direct. Fly fishing is to fishing as ballet is to walking.” WayTryingTwoBodyBeautifulMovingSeaWalkingRiversDirectFishesBoatLakesFishingBalletEfficientFly Fishing Author:Howell Raines
“It is that faculty by which we discover and enjoy the beautiful, the picturesque, and the sublime in literature, art, and nature; which recognizes a noble thought, as a virtuous mind welcomes a pure sentiment by a involuntary glow of satisfaction. But while the principle of perception is inherent in the soul, it requires a certain amount of knowledge to draw out and direct it.” MindArtSoulBeautifulCertainLiteratureEnjoyPrinciplesAmountTastePurePerceptionDrawsDirectSatisfactionNobleFacultySentimentsVirtuousInherentSublimeInvoluntaryPicturesque Author:Robert Aris Willmott
“The English language is direct, unapologetic, and wonderfully amoral. Italian has a beautiful sound, but you cannot help but feel that you are always dealing with ghosts from the past and the looming dark presence of the Vatican.” FeelsHelpingPastBeautifulLanguageSoundDarkDirectGhostItalianEnglish LanguageLoomingUnapologetic Author:Chiara Barzini
“In one of the accounts of Jesus's death we read that the curtain in the temple of God-the one that kept people out of the holiest place of God's presence-ripped.One New Testament writer said that this ripping was a picture of how, because of Jesus, we can have new, direct access to God.A beautiful idea.But the curtain ripping also means that God comes out, that God is no longer confined to the temple as God was previously.” PeopleMeanSaidIdeasBeautifulJesusDirectAccountsAccessTemplesTestamentCurtainsConfinedNew TestamentRippedGod's Presence Author:Rob Bell