About Me
THE DREAMERS---They are the
architects of greatness. Their vision
lies within their souls. They never see
the mirages of Fact, but peer beyond
the veils and mists of doubt and pierce
the walls of unborn Time.
Makers of empire, they have fought for
bigger things than crowns and higher
seats than thrones.
They are the Argonauts, the seekers of
the priceless fleece--The Truth.
Through all the ages they have heard
the voice of destiny call to them from
the unknown vasts.
Their brains have wrought all human
miracles. In lace of stone their spires
stab the Old World's skies and with
their golden crosses kiss the sun.
They are the chosen few the blazers of
the way.who never wear a doubt's
bandage on their eyeswho starve and
chill and hurt, but hold to courage and
to hope, because they know that there
is always proof of truth for them who
try--that only cowardice and lack of
faith can keep the seeker from his
chosen goal, but if his heart be strong
and if he dream enough and dream it
hard enough, he can attain, no matter
where men failed before.
Walls crumble and the empires fall.
The tidal wave sweeps from the sea
and tears a fortress from its rocks.
The rotting nations drop off Time's
bough, and only things the dreamers
make live on.
They are the Eternal Conquerors-
-their vassals are the years.
- Herbert Kaufman
We can never have perfect knowledge of things outside our minds. We can only have imperfect pictures of them. Objective reality is unknowable, What we see are only shadows of reality, not reality itself. - Plato
"Most people see things as they are and ask why? I see things that never were and ask why not ?"
A human being is a part of a whole, called by us "universe", a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest... a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison for us, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free ourselves from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature in its beauty.
- Albert Einstein
There is no place to seek the mind; it is like the footprints of birds in the sky.
The paradox of reality is that no image is as compelling as the one which exists only in the mind's eye.
After one has been in a lowly position, one knows how dangerous it is to climb to a high place, Once one has been in the dark, one knows how revealing it is to go into the light. Having maintained quietude, one knows how tiring compulsive activity is. Having nurtured silence, one knows how disturbing much talk is. A clear sunny day can suddenly shift to thunder and lightning, a raging storm can suddenly give way to a bright moonlit night. The weather may be inconstant, but the sky remains the same. The substance of the human mind should also be like this.
"Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless--like water.
Now you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup.
You put water into a bottle, it becomes the bottle.
You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot.
Now water can flow or it can crash!
Be water, my friend. "
- Bruce Lee
Chaos often breeds life, while order breeds habit.
