Universal Life
I write poems, have always written them, to transcend the painfully personal and reach the universal.
Author: May SartonTopics: Famous, Positive, Universal Life
Your ancestors came to Macedonia and the rest of Hellas [Greece] and did us great harm, though we had done them no prior injury. I have been appointed leader of the Greeks, and wanting to punish the Persians I have come to Asia, which I took from you
Author: Alexander the GreatTopics: Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Leads, Learned, Life, Meaningful, Units, Universal Life, Workout, World
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one’s never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Author: Aldous HuxleyTopics: Ability, Experiences, Famous, Feelings, Inspirational, Life, Meaningful, Time, Universal Life, Universe, Wonderful, Words
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.
Topics: Creatures, Famous, Human, Human Being, Human Life, Meaningful, Nature, Personal, Personal Desire, Positive, Prisons, Universal, Universal Life, Universe, Unrestricted, Vivid Experiences
Be sensitive to each moment, regard it as utterly new and unique, in having the mind open and wholly receptive
Author: Alan WattsTopics: Everything, Famous, Feelings, Life, Moment, New Paths, Open-Minded, Sensitivity, Unique, Universal Life