We [people] may enjoy this fleeting beauty [of life] for such a brief instance. And then we are compost. G - , the creator-destroyer, certainly has a strange sense of humor!
Sam KeenYou come to love not by discovering the ideal individual, yet by figuring out how to see a blemished individual flawlessly.
Sam KeenThe best practice is to follow the advice posted on every railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen.
Sam KeenAristotle said that philosophy begins in wonder. I believe it also ends in wonder. The ultimate way in which we relate to the world as something sacred is by renewing our sense of wonder. That's why I'm so opposed to the kind of miracle-mongering we find in both new-age and old-age religion. We're attracted to pseudomiracles only because we've ceased to wonder at the world, at how amazing it is.
Sam Keen