Being – Page 23 – Everything

Being

Identity, that spectator of what he calls himself,
That net and aggregate of energies in transient combination.
—Cunningham

May 122017
 

It is better to forget a name than make a visible effort to recall it.

Apr 172017
 

The feeling that one has narrowly escaped punishment is the sign that it is preparing.

Apr 072017
 

When we adhere to convention in appearance, we show that we care what others think; and we show that we care deeply when we depart from it.

Apr 052017
 

By the time you know all the answers you no longer believe them.

Mar 162017
 

They make an inner desert and they call it inner peace.

Feb 142017
 

Knowing that we are not well, we hastily conclude that we are ill.

Feb 022017
 

We speak of death, yet dying is all we know.

Jan 102017
 

Fear, uncertainty, and doubt look like sound epistemic principles to me.

Jan 032017
 

A better version of oneself will be someone else.