Originally published July 9, 2018 A reliable truth The longer I live, the more convinced I am that this quotation is extremely reliable. Maybe as reliable as a law of nature. Like the law of gravity. Or the laws of planetary motion. Well, maybe not that reliable. But close. First impressions make an impression When we […]
Originally posted August 27, 2018 Your first impulse after reading this quotation may be to disagree with it. You may believe that it’s just not true. That a lot of true learning takes place without any resulting change. But all quotations have a context. And all quotations have a primary meaning. We do a disservice […]
Originally published February 17, 2017 Plato has usually been credited with this quotation. But in modern times it’s been attributed to the Canadian-American author, Saul Bellow. Bellow was one of those men who had something to say. And he said it very well. Bellow’s family was Lithuanian-Jewish, and emigrated to Canada in the early twentieth […]
The potential of a person with talent can hardly be overestimated. Talent is a wonderful gift and those with talent make extraordinary contributions to humankind. Intelligence is right up there with talent. It’s often the most intelligent people who make the biggest difference in life on planet earth. And who can dispute the value of […]
Originally published October 9, 2017 Okay, so let’s begin by agreeing that it’s not the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little. Hopefully we can agree that it is a mistake to do this. And we’ll see why. The author But first a brief word about the author of this quotation, […]
Originally published January 19, 2018 *** I also blog for the website called “A Conscious Rethink. *** You can check them out here: https://www.aconsciousrethink.com/author/samr/ Some arguments are worth having I’d like to begin by suggesting that most arguments are not worth having. You may want to argue with me about that. But hear me out. […]
Originally published October 19, 2018 My purpose in this post is not to introduce you to Adi Da Samraj, nor to discuss his philosophy, theology, or spirituality. Other than to say that he was an American spiritual teacher and writer who founded a religious movement called “Adidam.” No, the name is not coincidental. If you’d […]
