Eldorado (Eldorado. 1849) [EDGAR ALLAN POE]
Gaily bedight, A gallant knight, In sunshine and in shadow, Had journeyed long, Singing a song, In search of Eldorado. But he grew old— This knight so bold— And o’er his...
21 February, 2019
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If I can stop one heart from breaking (EMILY DICKINSON)
If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain; If I can ease one life the aching, Or cool one pain, Or...
20 February, 2019
Don Juanism (ALBERT CAMUS) | Part C’
To a conscious man old age and what it portends are not a surprise. Indeed, he is conscious only in so far as...
19 February, 2019
Don Juanism (ALBERT CAMUS) | Part B’
A seducer who has become lucid will not change for all that. Seducing is his condition in life. Only in novels does one...
18 February, 2019
Don Juanism (ALBERT CAMUS) | Part A’
f it were sufficient to love, things would be too easy. The more one loves, the stronger the absurd grows. It is not...
17 February, 2019
The material revolution in the West. The common mortals could now find species that were sometimes provided only to the kings. (ALAIN DE BOTTON)
In the 17th and 18th centuries, the countries of the West had witnessed the fastest, most radical transformation in living standards ever known...
16 February, 2019
Virtues of Women (PLUTARCH)
THE WOMEN OF PHOCIS The deed of the women of Phocis has not found any writer of high repute to describe it, Byet it is...
15 February, 2019
I’m not happy. (OSHO)
Happiness is the function of your consciousness when it is awake. Unhappiness is the function of your consciousness when it is asleep. Unconsciousness...
14 February, 2019
It is not action, mind you, it is reaction. (OSHO)
You react. Somebody insults you, pushes a button, and you react. You are angry, you jump on him – and you call it...
13 February, 2019