“Be it sculpture, poetry, or narrative fraught with terrible insight... art does endure. It troubles and pleases, inspires, and reminds us that humanity is ever capable of adding to the sum of the world's grave beauty.” WorldDoeArtHumanityTroubleInspireTerriblePleaseCapableEndureInsightGravesNarrativeSculpture Book:Epicurean Simplicity Source: Epicurean Simplicity
“Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter that he was able to illicit from us, how his humor and insights - though they came from a place of pain and uncertainty - connected us and reminded us of how flawed and fragile...how human we are. How we are capable of moments of inspired transcendence and others of unspeakable despair.” WorldHumansMomentsWisdomRealityAblePainRememberCommunityLeadershipComedyHuman NatureHealthDespairCapableLaughterUnityInspiredIndividualityWaveInsightConnectedTreasureUncertaintyTragicFragileFlawedTranscendenceMournRobinsUnspeakable Author:Glenn Close
“I don't think biology is replacing the feeling experienced through art. Biology is capable of giving additional insights. It's a parallel, not a substitutive process.” ThinkingGivingArtFeelingsProcessCapableInsightBiologyParallels Author:Eric Kandel
“Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.” WorldMindLiteratureLinesAwarenessCapableOppositesInsightPassingPassingsPairsDividingComplete Opposites Author:Hermann Hesse
“There are three kinds of minds: first those that attain insight and understanding of things by their own means, then those that recognize what is right when others explain it to them, and finally those that are capable of neither one nor the other.” MindFirstsKindMeanThreeUnderstandingCapableInsight Author:Niccolo Machiavelli
“Any man filled with empathy is capable of gaining valuable insights on the human condition through the suffering of others. You do not need to suffer to know suffering, but you need empathy first to identify and feel the suffering of others around you.” KnowsMenNeedsFeelsFirstsHumansSufferingConditionsAcceptanceCapableEmpathyFilledValuableInsightHuman ConditionSuffering Of Others Author:Suzy Kassem
“The first office of the social organ we call the school is to provide a simplified environment. It selects the features which are fairly fundamental and capable of being responded to by the young. Then it establishes a progressive order, using the factors first acquired as means of gaining insight into what is more complicated.” FirstsMeanSchoolYoungOrderSocialEnvironmentOfficeCapableFundamentalsInsightComplicatedFactorsFeaturesProgressiveOrgans Book:Democracy And Education Source: Democracy And Education
“Children, in a way, are constant learners. Certainly sponge-like. Absorbing everything without careful analysis, even though, at the same time, they are certainly capable of incredible insights.” WayChildrenCapableConstantIncrediblesCarefulInsightAnalysisAbsorbingLearnersSponges Author:Yo-Yo Ma