Walt Whitman On Existence
Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) I exist as I am, that is enough. If no other in the world be aware…
Seneca On Time
Seneca (c. 4 BC – AD 65) Set yourself free for your own sake; gather and save your time, which till lately has been forced…
Duke Ellington On Jazz And Freedom
Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) Jazz is a good barometer of freedom. In its beginnings, the United States spawned…
Yehuda Amichai On Poets
Yehuda Amichai (May 03, 1924 – September 22, 2000) I think when you’re a poet you have to forget you’re a poet — a real…
Bruce Lee On Simplicity
Bruce Lee (November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) It is not daily increase but daily decrease; hack away the unessential.
May Sarton On Rinsing The Eye
May Sarton pen name of Eleanore Marie Sarton (May 3, 1912 – July 16, 1995) Between me and everything I see. The glass is pain.…
Karen Armstrong On Compassion
Karen Armstrong (November 14, 1944 -) Compassion... asks us to look into our own hearts, discover what gives us pain, and then refuse, under any…
