“The beginning is never the clear, precise end of a thread, the beginning is a long, painfully slow process that requires time and patience in order to find out in which direction it is heading, a process that feels its way along the path ahead like a blind man the beginning is just the beginning, what came before is nigh on worthless.” MenWayFeelsLongEndsOrderProcessPathClearBlindThreadPreciseWorthlessHeadingsBlind ManTime And Patience Author:Jose Saramago
“True wisdom, indeed, springs from the wide brain which is fed from the deep heart; and it is only when age warms its withering conceptions at the memory of its youthful fire, when it makes experience serve aspiration, and knowledge illumine the difficult paths through which thoughts thread their way into facts,--it is only then that age becomes broadly and nobly wise.” WayHeartFactsAgeDifficultMemoriesBrainPathFireWiseSpringWideAspirationFedsConceptionThreadWitheringTrue WisdomDeep Heart Book:Success and Its Conditions Source: Success and Its Conditions
“But every human path leads on to God; He holds a myriad finer threads than gold, And strong as holy wishes, drawing us With delicate tension upward to Himself.” HumansStrongWishPathHolyGoldDrawingTensionDelicateThreadProvidence Book:The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman Source: The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman
“Whoever has the desire to pursue philosophy correctly should look to Nature's Archetype in every matter, so that by taking up Ariadne's thread in her intricate labyrinth he may keep himself safe and secure from wrong turns and deviant paths.” ShouldLooksMayMatterPhilosophyDesireTurnsPathSafePursueSecureThreadIntricateLabyrinthArchetypeWrong TurnDeviantsAriadne Author:Athanasius Kircher