“If opinion hath lighted the lamp of thy name, endeavor to encourage it with thy own oil, lest it go out and stink; the chronical disease of Popularity is shame; if thou be once up, beware; from fame to infamy is a beaten road.” IfsNamesOpinionFameDiseaseShameOilEndeavorPopularityBeatenLampsStinkInfamy Author:Francis Quarles
“Instructed by history and reflection, Julian was persuaded that, if the diseases of the body may sometimes be cured by salutary violence, neither steel nor fire can eradicate the erroneous opinions of the mind.” IfsMindMaySometimesBodyOpinionHistoryFireViolenceDiseaseReflectionSteelRoman Empire Book:Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Source: Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
“In my opinion, poets talk through the symptoms of disease. These symptoms of disease are predictions, screams, and songs.” SongOpinionPoetDiseaseScreamPredictionsSymptoms Author:Kim Hyesoon
“But the transformation of consciousness undertaken in Taoism and Zen is more like the correction of faulty perception or the curing of a disease. It is not an acquisitive process of learning more and more facts or greater and greater skills, but rather an unlearning of wrong habits and opinions. As Lao-tzu said, "The scholar gains every day, but the Taoist loses every day.” SaidFactsProcessLosesConsciousnessOpinionGreaterHabitSkillsDiseasePerceptionGainsTransformationTaoismScholarCorrectionsLearning MoreLaosLao Tzu Book:The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness Source: The Joyous Cosmology: Adventures in the Chemistry of Consciousness
“Hitherto my observations have only aimed at a vindication of the provision in question, on the ground of theoretic propriety . . . . But there remains to be mentioned a positive advantage . . . I allude to the circumstance of uniformity in the time of elections for the House of Representatives. It is more than possible, that this uniformity may be found by experience to be of great importance to the public welfare; both as a security against the perpetuation of the same spirit in the body; and as a cure for the diseases of faction.” MayBodySpiritFoundHouseOpinionSecurityCircumstancesDiseaseAdvantageImportanceElectionRemainsCuresObservationWelfareRepresentativesPublic OpinionProvisionFactionsProprietyUniformityHouse Of RepresentativesVindicationPublic Welfare Author:Alexander Hamilton