Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987
“The Circle,” p. 39
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”
Source: Clockwork Angel
Dejan Stojanovic book Circling: 1978-1987
“The Circle,” p. 39
Circling: 1978-1987 (1993), Sequence: “A Conversations with Atoms”
Wolfram von Eschenbach book Parzival
Ôwî wan wær dîn schœne mîn!
dir hete got den wunsch gegebn,
ob du mit witzen soldest lebn.
Bk. 3, st. 124, line 18; p. 74.
Parzival
“Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.”
Joseph Addison (1672–1719) politician, writer and playwright
A translation of one of La Rochefoucauld's maxims, published posthumously in 1693. In the original: "Force gens veulent être dévots, mais personne ne veut être humble.".
Misattributed
“Proselytism is solemn nonsense, it makes no sense.”
Pope Francis (1936) 266th Pope of the Catholic Church
We need to get to know each other, listen to each other and improve our knowledge of the world around us. Sometimes after a meeting I want to arrange another one because new ideas are born and I discover new needs. This is important: to get to know people, listen, expand the circle of ideas. The world is crisscrossed by roads that come closer together and move apart, but the important thing is that they lead towards the Good.
2010s, 2013, Interview in La Repubblica
“Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they talk sense.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
Letter to Louis Untermeyer (8 July 1915)
1910s
Robert M. Pirsig book Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance (1974)
Source: Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values