“Do you think I am an automaton? — a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong! — I have as much soul as you — and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh: it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal — as we are!”
Quotes
The Stories We Tell Ourselves
“The stories we tell ourselves about our history don’t just shape our past. They shape our future as well.”
– Neil Oliver
The closing line of https://www.aleratv.com/video/22202
View the full set of “A History of Scotland” episodes here: https://www.aleratv.com/search?keyword=A%20history%20of%20scotland&search=videos
Edit 05-29-20: these gorgeous and substantive documentaries appear to be disappearing from the internet. I have found a few here: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x7s0kgk
The Darker the Night
“The darker the night, the brighter the stars…” (full quote)
Astonishment
“Astonishment is the root of philosophy.”
Circle of Knowledge
“As our circle of knowledge expands, so does the circumference of darkness surrounding it.”
– Einstein
A New Scientific Truth
“a new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.”
3 Men
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it.
– Arnold Toynbee
If that is the case, then I request of the universe: three men.
Maybe now I’ll get one?
I recognize that is not the significance of this quote, but how could I resist?
