
“Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.”
1st Discussion with Young People, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (14 May 1968)
1960s
Pearls of Wisdom
“Knowing the cause of something is not going to help you to be free of it.”
1st Discussion with Young People, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (14 May 1968)
1960s
Source: William Stringfellow: Essential Writings (2013), "Jesus the Criminal" (1969), p. 67
Vol. XIII, p. 251
Posthumous publications, The Collected Works
Knowing Our Experiencing Mind, Buddhism Today Issue 21, Spring/Summer 2008.
Source: Fugitives of Chaos (2006), Chapter 16, “Remember Next Time Not to Look” (p. 252)
If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out, originally recorded for the 1971 film Harold and Maude
Song lyrics, Footsteps in the Dark: Greatest Hits (1984)
Si toutes les parties de l’univers sont solidaires dans une certaine mesure, un phénomène quelconque ne sera pas l’effet d’une cause unique, mais la résultante de causes infiniment nombreuses ; il est, dit-on souvent, la conséquence de l’état de l’univers un instant auparavant.
Source: The Value of Science (1905), Ch. 2: The Measure of Time
1950s, First Inaugural Address (1953)
Collaborations with others, Science Order, and Creativity (1987)