From R.H. Blyth: “We cannot dare, then, to follow our instincts unless we have first entered into the state of death of all the other instincts. Then we can follow our Instincts. We can be like flowing water, like the changing moon.”
Tag Archives: understanding
Quote of the day 03/11/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Paradoxes are the bright banners of the liberty of the mind. They proclaim that the mind is free to bestow or withhold values.”
Quote of the day 03/10/25
From Francis Bacon: “Great art is always a way of concentrating, reinventing what is called fact, what we know of our existence- a reconcentration… tearing away the veils, the attitudes people acquire of their time and earlier time. Really good artists tear down those veils.”
Quote of the day 03/08/25
From Francis Bacon: “Seek ye first the good things of the mind, and the rest shall be provided or its loss shall not be felt.”
Quote of the day 03/04/25
From Francis Bacon: “Great boldness is seldom without some absurdity.”
Quote of the day 03/02/25
From Francis Bacon: “They are ill discoverers that think there is no land when they can see nothing but sea.”
Quote of the day 03/01/24
From Francis Bacon: “Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible.”
Quote of the day 02/27/25
From Francis Bacon: “Philosophy when superficially studied, excites doubt, when thoroughly explored, it dispels it.”
Quote of the day 02/25/25
From Francis Bacon: “There are two ways of spreading light..to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it.”
Quote of the day 02/24/25
From Francis Bacon: “The job of the artist is always to deepen the mystery.”