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7c20156 Don't go on discussing what a good person should be. Just be one. goodness wisdom inspirational self-actualization being Marcus Aurelius
519256a They both listened silently to the water, which to them was not just water, but the voice of life, the voice of Being, the voice of perpetual Becoming. unity life siddhartha hesse being water Hermann Hesse
caaec9d Life wasn't about becoming, was it? It was about being. life being Kate Atkinson
28d210c When I am constantly running there is no time for being. When there is no time for being there is no time for listening. self-care listen being quiet peace Madeleine L'Engle
f214dc3 There comes a time in each life like a point of fulcrum. At that time you must accept yourself. It is not any more what you will become. It is what you are and always will be. You are too young to know this. You are still becoming. Not being. self-acceptance being John Fowles
77bb3da "And you require no answers", Foamfollower was laughing in his gladness, "You are sufficient to every question"." enquiry contentment being Stephen R. Donaldson
4a4c65a Everything's different from us. That's why everything exists. universe seeing existence meaning reality god life love truth pantheism clarity paganism being Alberto Caeiro
2ed82b8 Try to choose carefully, Arren, when the great choices must be made. {...} But each deed you do, each act, binds you to itself and to its consequences, and makes you act again and yet again. Then very seldom do you come upon a space, a time like this, between act and act, when you may stop and simply be. being choices Ursula K. Le Guin
63fa695 Let's only care about the place where we are. There's beauty enough in being here and not anywhere else. If there's someone beyond the curve in the road, Let them worry about what's past the curve in the road, That's what the road is to them. nature meaning living god life it-is-what-it-is pantheism feeling worry paganism being Alberto Caeiro
709aa5b Nebulat ergo cogito. fog being Umberto Eco
b6d1563 In the midst of the ubiquitous dealings with prostituted signs, the thing-poem was capable of opening up the prospect of returning to credible experiences of meaning. It did this by tying language to the gold standard of what things themselves communicate. Where randomness is disabled, authority should shine forth. poetry communication being randomness rilke thing-poem Peter Sloterdijk
7b725b2 The reason for the existence of the perfection conjured up in these fourteen lines is that it possesses ... the authorization to form a message that appeals from within itself. This power of appeal is exquisitely evident in the object evoked here. The perfect thing is that which articulates an entire principle of being. The poem has to perform no more and no less than to perceive the principle of being in the thing and adapt it to its own existence - with the aim of becoming a construct with an equal power to convey a message. poetry being rilke thing-poem Peter Sloterdijk
309de7e What the poet has to say to the torso of the supposed Apollo, however, is more than a note on an excursion to the antiquities collection. The author's point is not that the thing depicts an extinct god who might be of interest to the humanistically educated, but that the god in the stone constitutes a thing-construct that is still on air. We are dealing with a document of how newer message ontology outgrew traditional theologies. Here, being itself is understood as having more power to speak and transmit, and more potent authority, than God, the ruling idol of religions. In modern times, even a God can find himself among the pretty figures that no longer mean anything to us - assuming they do not become openly irksome. The thing filled with being, however, does not cease to speak to us when its moment has come. poetry god being rilke thing-poem poet Peter Sloterdijk
fe39a5e True humility emerges from a sense of wonder and awe. It's an appreciation that our time on earth is limited but that there's something timeless at the core of every being. Embracing humility liberates us from the egotism that drives both perfectionism and self-sabotage, opening us to a deeper experience of self-worth. ego being humility self-worth Michael J Gelb