“In pride, in reas'ning pride, our error lies; All quit their sphere and rush into the skies. Pride still is aiming at the bless'd abodes, Men would be angels, angels would be gods.” MenStillsWould BeLyingSkyPrideAngelErrorsQuittingBlessSpheresAbode Book:The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings Source: The Leaser. Being a Selection from the Poetical Works of Alexander Pope, with an Account of His Life and Writings
“The most serious problems lie in the financial sphere, where the economy's debt overhead has grown more rapidly than the 'real' economy's ability to carry this debt. [...] The essence of the global financial bubble is that savings are diverted to inflate the stock market, bond market and real estate prices rather than to build new factories and employ more labor.” RealProblemLyingAbilityEconomySeriousLaborEssenceFinancialDebtSavingSpheresFactoriesBubblesEstatesSavingsOverheadBond Market Author:Michael Hudson
“There is a broad distinction between religion and theology. The one is a natural, human experience common to all well-organized minds. The other is a system of speculations about the unseen and the unknowable, which the human mind has no power to grasp or explain, and these speculations vary with every sect, age, and type of civilization. No one knows any more of what lies beyond our sphere of action than thou and I, and we know nothing.” KnowsMindHumansWellsAgeActionLyingNaturalCommonAtheismTypeCivilizationPositive AtheismTheologyOrganizedDistinctionHuman MindBroadsSpheresUnseenSpeculationHuman ExperienceVarySectsOrganized Mind Author:Lucretia Mott
“Don't feel guilty if you don't immediately love your stepchildren as you do your own, or as much as you think you should. Everyoneneeds time to adjust to the new family, adults included. There is no such thing as an "instant parent." Actually, no concrete object lies outside of the poetic sphere as long as the poet knows how to use the object properly.” IfsThinkingKnowsFeelsShouldLongUseLyingPoetryParentKnow HowLove YouObjectsPoetAdultsGuiltyInstantPoeticSpheresConcreteTime Of NeedStepchildStepchildrenNew Family Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Go, grieving rimes of mine, to that hard stone Whereunder lies my darling, lies my dear, And cry to her to speak from heaven's sphere.” HardLyingSpeakHeavenGriefCryMinesStonesDearGrievingSpheresDarling Author:Petrarch