“I am firmly of the opinion that the Macintosh is Catholic and that DOS is Protestant. Indeed, the Macintosh is counterreformist and has been influenced by the methodical path of the Jesuits.... It is catechistic: the essence of revelation is dealt with via simple formulae and sumptuous icons. Everyone has a right to salvation. DOS is Protestant, or even Calvinistic. It allows free interpretation of scripture, demands difficult personal decisions, imposes a subtle hermeneutics upon the user, and takes for granted the idea that all can reach salvation.” Has BeensIdeasDifficultSimpleDecisionOpinionPathDemandEssenceCatholicSalvationScriptureGrantedRevelationsSubtleInterpretationUsersIconsProtestantsJesuitMethodicalHermeneuticsMacintoshSumptuousPersonal Decisions Author:Umberto Eco
“We cannot birth our babies through sheer force of will. We need to learn the more subtle, the equally powerful, path of surrender.” NeedsForcePowerfulPathBabyBirthSurrenderSubtleSheerForce Of Will Author:Sarah J. Buckley
“Walden - all his books, indeed - are packed with subtle, conflicting, and very fruitful discoveries. They are not written to prove something in the end. They are written as the Indians turn down twigs to mark their path through the forest. He cuts his way through life as if no one had ever taken that road before, leaving these signs for those who come after, should they care to see which way he went.” IfsWayShouldBookEndsCareTurnsPathTakenCuttingWrittenProveDiscoveryMarkLeavingForestsSubtleTwigs Book:The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918 Source: The Essays of Virginia Woolf: 1912-1918
“I really do believe that the bottom line that creates transformation in the individual is the ability to focus your attention in an ever greater and more subtle way, and that follows the whole path of the limbs.” WayBelieveWholeIndividualLinesAbilityAttentionPathGreaterFocusTransformationBottomSubtleLimbsBottom Line Author:Beryl Bender Birch