“The hallucinatory drugs only reveal the world of images we contain but do not teach us interpretation, illumination, or enlightenment.”
The Novel of the Future (1969)
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Dearest Helpless
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“Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside.”
Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862) 1817-1862 American poet, essayist, naturalist, and abolitionist
“We see by means of something which illumines us, which we do not see.”
Antonio Porchia (1885–1968) Italian Argentinian poet
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Meister Eckhart (1260–1328) German theologian
Sermon IV : True Hearing
Meister Eckhart’s Sermons (1909)
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Gianni Sarcone (1962) Italian author, artist, designer, and researcher in visual perception and cognitive psychology
Curiopticals (2009).
Clive Staples Lewis (1898–1963) Christian apologist, novelist, and Medievalist
The World's Last Night (1952)
Context: The doctrine of the Second Coming teaches us that we do not and cannot know when the world drama will end. The curtain may be rung down at any moment: say, before you have finished reading this paragraph.