Aphorisms
Aphorisms By Warren GastonAphorism 121
We are united by our doubts and divided by our convictions.
Aphorism #33
I want to outlive the need for accomplishment and let the Being of the world accomplish me. ______________________________________________________________ accomplish: L. complete, finish, fill up, plenty
Still
"Teach us to sit still." T. S. Eliot Ash Wednesday The best knowledge I have leads me to what I do not know but can learn. Beyond what I have learned to know, is an eruption of astonishing wonder which can be felt in the heart, but not known or understood in the mind....
The Narcissist
When looking in a mirror, a narcissist does not notice the shadow looking back.
A Prayer for Guidance
Lord, give us the wisdom to abhor what is wrongfully held to be right, and the courage to denounce what is rightly held to be wrong. .
Aphorism # 147 Technology
Those who know the 'what' and 'how' should not presume they do not need to know the 'why'.
Aphorism #101
Music is created from the conjugal relationship between mathematics and emotion.
Bare Wires
Poetry is the result of stripping insulation from the live wires of words. (5/7/08)
Reflections
How does a mirror look at itself? In a mirror, of course, the same as you and me. But what does a mirror see when seeing itself in a mirror? A mirror image . . . only infinite. (4/6/08)