Month: September 2018

Elie Wiesel On Being A Witness

~ The Wisdom Archivist

81D8F38F-221A-4FFF-9C35-7A2EFD0C297F.jpegElie Wiesel   (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016)

I must confess that I do not know, or no longer know, what I wanted to achieve with my words. I only know that without this testimony, my life as a writer — or my life, period — would not have become what it is: that of a witness who believes he has a moral obligation to try to prevent the enemy from enjoying one last victory by allowing his crimes to be erased from human memory.

🎂Happy Birthday Elie Wiesel (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) In Memoriam🌹

Randy Pausch On Dreams

~ The Wisdom Archivist

Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) Randy Pausch (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008)

My uniqueness, I realized, came in the specifics of all the dreams — from incredibly meaningful to decidedly quirky — that defined my forty-six years of life. Sitting there, I knew that despite the cancer, I truly believed I was a lucky man because I had lived out these dreams. And I had lived out my dreams, in great measure, because of the things I was taught by all sorts of extraordinary people along the way.

William James On Mystical States

~ The Wisdom Archivist

William James (January 11, 1842–August 26, 1910) William James (January 11, 1842–August 26, 1910)

Mystical states cannot be sustained for long. Except in rare instances, half an hour, or at most an hour or two, seems to be the limit beyond which they fade into the light of common day. Often, when faded, their quality can but imperfectly be reproduced in memory; but when they recur it is recognized; and from one recurrence to another it is susceptible of continuous development in what is felt as inner richness and importance.