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Related Topic(s): Potential; Soul; Spirit; Wisdom
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Wisdom is a science by which we discriminate between things spiritually good and evil. It is the science of sciences, for alone, it can understand the value, the true price, the real uses, the danger, and the potentialities of the soul.
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Related Topic(s): GOALS; Greatness; Power; Spirit
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The great man is powerful, involuntarily and composedly powerful, but he is not avid for power. What he is avid for is the realization of what he has in mind, the incarnation of the spirit. So long as a man's power is bound to the goal, the work, the calling, it is, in itself, neither good nor evil, only a suitable or unsuitable instrument. But as soon as this bond with the goal is broken off or loosened, and the man ceases to think of power as t...
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Martin Buber
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Martin Buber (Hebrew: מרטין �'ו�'ר"�; February 8, 1878, Franz-Josefs-Kai 45, Innere Stadt - June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship.
Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, Buber became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923 Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.
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Related Topic(s): Heart; Spirit
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Work in the invisible world at least as hard as you do in the visible.
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Related Topic(s): Buddhism; Connection; Contemplation; Ecology Environment; Eloquence; Enlightenment; Insight; Nature; Perception; Poetry; Religion; Spirit; Tranquility; Universe
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The temple bell stops.
But the sound keeps coming
out of the flowers.
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Matsuo Basho
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Related Topic(s): ART; Awake; Awakening; Inspiration; Science; Spirit
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The most important function of art and science is to awaken the cosmic religious feeling and keep it alive.
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Related Topic(s): Inspiration; Spirit; Spirituality; WORK
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Where the spirit does not work with the hand there is no art.
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Related Topic(s): Nature; Religion; Religion Faith; Spirit
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only the cricket's song
penetrates
stones of ruined temple
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Matsuo Basho
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Related Topic(s): GOALS; Greatness; Power; Spirit
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The great man is powerful, involuntarily and composedly powerful, but he is not avid for power. What he is avid for is the realization of what he has in mind, the incarnation of the spirit. So long as a man's power is bound to the goal, the work, the calling, it is, in itself, neither good nor evil, only a suitable or unsuitable instrument. But as soon as this bond with the goal is broken off or loosened, and the man ceases to think of power as t...
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Martin Buber
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Martin Buber (Hebrew: מרטין �'ו�'ר"�; February 8, 1878, Franz-Josefs-Kai 45, Innere Stadt - June 13, 1965) was an Austrian-born Jewish philosopher best known for his philosophy of dialogue, a religious existentialism centered on the distinction between the I-Thou relationship and the I-It relationship.
Born in Vienna, Buber came from a family of observant Jews, but broke with Jewish custom to pursue secular studies in philosophy. In 1902, Buber became the editor of the weekly Die Welt, the central organ of the Zionist movement, although he later withdrew from organizational work in Zionism. In 1923 Buber wrote his famous essay on existence, Ich und Du (later translated into English as I and Thou), and in 1925 he began translating the Hebrew Bible into the German language.
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Related Topic(s): Heart; Religion; Spirit
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Insist on freedom of soul far before freedom of person. Moral liberty alone is important and necessary; the only good, the only use in other liberty is to aid that.
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Related Topic(s): 1968; 200 Meters; Courage; Making History; Spirit
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There is a sweetness in the spirit of God.
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| John Carlos |
John Wesley Carlos (born June 5, 1945 in Harlem, New York) is a Cuban American former track and field athlete and professional football player. He was the bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics and his black power salute on the podium with Tommie Smith caused much political controversy. He went on to equal the world record in the 100 yard dash and beat the 200 meters world record (although the latter achievement was never ratified). After his track career, he enjoyed brief stints in the National Football League and Canadian Football League but retired due to injury.
He became involved with the United States Olympic Committee and helped to organize the 1984 Summer Olympics. Following this he became a track coach at Palm Springs High School. He was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 2003.
And he co-authored the book "The John Carlos Story - The Sports Moment That Changed The World" - with Dave Zirin, first published in hardback by Haymarket Books in 2011.
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Related Topic(s): Consumerism; Greed; Spirit; Spirituality
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The life of sensation is the life of greed; it requires more and more. The life of the spirit requires less and less.
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| Annie Dillard |
Annie Dillard (born April 30, 1945) is an American author, best known for her narrative prose in both fiction and non-fiction. She has published works of poetry, essays, prose, and literary criticism, as well as two novels and one memoir. Her 1974 work Pilgrim at Tinker Creek won the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction. Dillard taught for 21 years in the English department of Wesleyan University, in Middletown, Connecticut.
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Related Topic(s): Consciousness; God; Mystery; SELF; Self Awareness; Self Consciousness; Spirit; Spirituality; Universe
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What you are looking for is what is looking.
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Related Topic(s): Firearms; Liberty; Patriotism; Spirit; Spirituality; The People
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what country can preserve it's liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? let them take arms... the tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots... it is it's natural manure.
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Thomas Jefferson
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Thomas Jefferson (April 13, 1743 - July 4, 1826) was the third President of the United States (1801-1809), and the principal author of the Declaration of Independence (1776). Jefferson was one of the most influential Founding Fathers, known for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States. Jefferson envisioned America as the force behind a great "Empire of Liberty" that would promote republicanism and counter the imperialism of the British Empire.Major events during his presidency include the Louisiana Purchase (1803) and the Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), as well as escalating tensions with both Britain and France that led to war with Britain in 1812, after he left office.
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