“Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.” – Bertrand Russell
Reflections: Three Passions … For you and the longing for love (Photo credit: LUZ-2011)
The longing for love…
Even after all this time the sun never says to the Earth, “You owe me.”
There are different wells within your heart.
Some fill with each good rain,
Others are far too deep for that… Hafez
Food For Thought: What passions have governed our lives? Can we identify our three top passions? Let’s contemplate these questions in the quiet of our hearts, and then, answer them truthfully to ourselves.
“A little knowledge that acts is worth infinitely more than much knowledge that is idle… Khalil Gibran“
Reflections: Three Passions… Knowledge will make you free (Photo credit: tellatic)
The search for knowledge…
“No man can reveal to you aught but that which already lies half asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.
The teacher who walks in the shadow of the temple, among his followers, gives not of his wisdom but rather of his faith and his lovingness.
If he is indeed wise he does not bid you enter the house of his wisdom, but rather leads you to the threshold of your own mind.” Kahlil Gibran
Food For Thought: What knowledge have we learned about ourselves and others? Can we identify three profound insights we have learned in this lifetime? What are your thoughts? More below!
