The Steppenwolf, too, believes that he bears two souls (wolf and man) in his breast and even so finds his breast disagreeably cramped because of them. The breast and the body are indeed one, but the souls that dwell in it are not two, nor...
You need not go to any school to learn creativity. All that you need is to go withinwards and help the ego dissolve. Don't support it; don't go on strengthening and nourishing it. And whenever the ego is not, all is truth, all is beautiful,...
Men have been taught not to cry; tears are not manly so men don't cry. Now what kind of foolishness is this? Crying and weeping sometimes has such a therapeutic effect - it is needed, it is a must, it unburdens. Man goes on burdening...
You are likely to feel out of control and fearful when changes in your circumstances are ongoing; when they are unexpected and undesired you experience a crisis situation. Per-haps your job or an important relationship that you had imagined were secure turn out not to...
A man went to the doctor's because of a number of unknown pains that he had been having. "Yes, doctor, I am really fed up; all my body is in pain. Everything in my life is going badly. It's a complete mess. " The doctor began to...
Confucius was born in China around the time of the Buddha in India and Pythagoras in Greece, 552 B.C. Like most of the truly great ethical and moral leaders, he wrote nothing. His teachings were recorded (by his disciples) into four major works a century after...
This earth was not here from the beginning, nor will it last until the end. Just as I am born and I will be no more, so will this earth and sun be no more – and a time will come when these moons, stars...
In Greek mythology, Ixion (/ɪkˈsaɪ.ən/ ik-SY-ən; Greek: Ἰξίων, gen.: Ἰξίωνος) was king of the Lapiths, the most ancient tribe of Thessaly, and a son of Ares, or Leonteus, or Antion and Perimele, or the notorious evildoer Phlegyas, whose name connotes "fiery". Peirithoös was his son...
Who Was Tchaikovsky? Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's work was first publicly performed in 1865. In 1868, his First Symphony was well-received. In 1874, he established himself with Piano Concerto No.1 in B-flat Minor. Tchaikovsky resigned from the Moscow Conservatory in 1878 and spent the rest of...
T. LUCRETII De rerum natura liber II, v. 37-61 Of The Nature Of Things: BOOK II - PROEM Wherefore, since Treasure, nor rank, nor glory of a reign Avail us naught for this our body, thus Reckon them likewise nothing for the mind: Save then perchance, when thou beholdest forth Thy legions...
