“To live a very long time... is supposed to be the desired object of all human life. But it is not. The main thing is to ride the flood tide... How glorious it is to create! For those few moments of a lifetime when the stream is running full and deep: those are the justification for everything.” LifeHumansLongMomentsRunningObjectsLong TimeLifetimeSupposed To BeHuman LifeStreamsGloriousTidesJustificationFlood Author:James Dickey
“When we look to presumed sources of origin for competing evolutionary explanations of the giraffe's long neck, we find either nothing at all, or only the shortest of speculative conjectures. Length, of course, need not correspond with importance. Garrulous old Polonius , in a rare moment of clarity, reminded us that "brevity is the soul of wit" (and then immediately vitiated his wise observation with a flood of woolly words about Hamlet 's Madness.” NeedsLooksLongSoulMomentsCoursesWiseSourceImportanceMadnessWitClarityObservationExplanationNecksLengthFloodCompetingBrevityConjectureGiraffePoloniusRare MomentsMoments Of Clarity Author:Stephen Jay Gould
“I fervently wish no misery ever came near anyone; yet it is that alone that gives us an insight into the depths of our lives, does it not? In our moments of anguish, gates barred forever seem to open and let in many a flood of light.” GivingDoeMomentsLightSeemsWishForeverOur LivesMiseryDepthInsightGatesFloodAnguish Book:The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda Source: The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda
“The perfect view of existence comes from an unclouded, uncluttered life and mind whereby the radiance of perfect attention of the mind of the universe floods us at every moment. This is Buddhism. This is being on the path.” MindMomentsUniversePerfectViewsExistenceAttentionPathBuddhismMindfulnessFloodRadiance Author:Frederick Lenz