414. How the universe comes to know itself.

2009-10-09T19:07:38Z

'Not only are we traveling through the universe, but the universe is traveling through us. It needs to feel us, what we are feeling, our marvels and infatuations and heartaches;... to know what that stuff is, how it came to be and find its instru...

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413. Mysterium Tremens et Fascinas (A tremendous and fascinating mystery)

2009-09-24T15:45:47Z

'We live in all we seek. The hidden shows up in too-plain sight. It lives captive on the face of the obvious - the people, events, and things of the day - to which we as sophisticated children, have long since become oblivious. What a hideout: ...

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412. 'Our world is enchanted, riddled with meanings, itself sacred ground.'

2009-09-10T16:34:41Z

'The mystery of life becomes ever deeper and more wondrous, the gift of life more precious and unaccountable. Remaining open to the unknown, we enter further into it. We grow in knowledge, yes, and in ignorance, but also in wonder and, finally, ...

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411. You don't want to know.

2009-09-06T00:37:01Z

'It may be when we no longer know what to do, we have come to our real work, and that when we no longer know which way to go, we have begun our real journey.' - Wendell Berry 'Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what is next or how....

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410. The Point

2009-08-27T16:52:08Z

'I'm just gonna go for broke on this one and say that we do it because life is so ridiculously gorgeous, strange, heartbreaking, horrific, etc., that we are compelled to describe it to ourselves, but we can't! We cannot do it! And so we make art...

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409. 'We have to start fishing...'

2009-08-20T04:21:52Z

'One reason for fascination with Miyazaki may be his contradictions. The director whose films typically end with an uplifting affirmation of humanity suitable for children is the same director who told his Berkeley audience, "It would be wonderfu...

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408. 'This exchange of gifts - mysterious - settled deep inside me...'

2009-08-06T05:46:13Z

'Playing in the lot behind the house one day when he was still a little boy, Neruda discovered a hole in a fence board. "I looked through the hole and saw a landscape like that behind our house, uncared for, and wild. I moved back a few steps, b...

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407. 'Somehow keep it open...'

2009-07-30T01:35:08Z

'The important thing about despair is never to give up, never wrap up and put away a sterile life, but somehow keep it open. Because you never can know what's coming; never. That's the great thing about life, the crucial thing to remember. You ...

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406. The truth is changing every minute.

2009-07-23T02:26:38Z

'So you tell yourself I have nowhere to go I don't know what to do And I don't even know the time of day I guess it doesn't matter any way Life is so strange Destination unknown When you don't know Your destination Something could change It's ...

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405. '32 flavors and then some...' - Ani Difranco

2009-07-15T17:58:23Z

'To know someone is to sense that person's flavor - what you feel from that person. Each one has his or her own flavor, a particular personality from which many feelings appear. To fully appreciate this personality or flavor is to have a good re...

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