Understanding is that penetrating quality of
knowledge that grows from theory, practice,
conviction, assertion, error and humiliation.
The elements of style
by Strunk Jr. and White
UNTIL ONE IS COMMITTED,
there is hesitancy,
the chance to draw back,
always ineffectiveness. Concerning
all acts of initiative (and creation), there
in one elementary truth, the ignorance of
which kills countless ideas and splendid plans:
that the moment one definately commits oneself,
then Providence moves, too. All sorts of things
occur to help one that would never otherwise have
occurred. A whole stream of events issues from
the decision, raising in one's favor all mannor of
unforeseen incedents and meetings and material
assistance, which no man could have dreamt
would have come his way. I have learned a
deep respect for one of Goethe's couplets:
"Whatever you can do, or dream you can,
begin it. Boldness has genius, power,
and magic in it."
Quotation from
The Scottish Himalayan Expedition
by W.H. Murray, 1951
Who trusts himself to woman, or to waves,
Should never hazard what he fears to loose.
Oldmixon: [Governor of Cypress]
If there were a man who had sufficient force,
he would shake off and break through, and
escape from all this; he would trample
underfoot all our formulas and spells
and charms and all our laws
which are against nature.
Callicles: [Philosopher]
"Imagination is more important than knowledge, for knowledge is limited,
wheras imagination embraces the entire world . . .
stimulating progress, or giving birth to evolution . . ."
Albert Einstein: [American Theoretical Physicist]
Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate.
Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure.
It is our light, not our darkness, that most frightens us.
We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?
Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God.
Your playing small doesn't serve the world.
There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that
other people won't feel insecure around you.
We are all meant to shine, as children do.
We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us.
It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone.
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give
other people permission to do the same.
As we're liberated from our own fear,
our presence automatically liberates others.
By Marianne Williamson
in A Return to Love: Reflections On The Principles of A Course In Miracles,
p. 165, HarperCollins, 1992
Quoted by Nelson Mandela in his 1994 Inaugural Address
The Lord is my Shepard, I shall not want
He makes me lie down in green pastures
He leads me beside the still waters
He restoreth my sole
He guides my path in righteousness all the days of my life
And thou I walk through the valley of the shadow of death
I shall not fear, for thou art with me
Thy rod and thy staff, shall comfort me
Thou preparest a table for me, in the presence of my enemies
My cup overfloweth
Your goodness and mercy shall be with me all the days of my life
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
King David, The Bible, 23rd Psalm
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