“The life of God - the life which the mind apprehends and enjoys as it rises to the absolute unity of all things - may be described as a play of love with itself; but this idea sinks to an edifying truism, or even to a platitude, when it does not embrace in it the earnestness, the pain, the patience, and labor, involved in the negative aspect of things.” MindMayDoeIdeasPlayGodPainEnjoyInvolvedNegativeAspectLaborAll ThingsAbsolutesEmbraceUnityEarnestnessPlatitudesTruism Author:Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“If you have ever clothed another with woe, as with a garment of pain, you will never be quite as happy as though you had not done that thing.” IfsDonePainUnityWoeGarments Author:Robert Green Ingersoll
“No matter how hidden the cruelty, no matter how far off the screams of pain and terror, we live in one world. We are one people.” PeopleWorldMatterPainUnityTerrorCrueltyScream Book:The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way Source: The Cushion in the Road: Meditation and Wandering as the Whole World Awakens to Being in Harm's Way
“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