Some random thoughts on Life, Light, and why Western Civilization needs somehow, against all odds, to be preserved
“The true University of these days is a Collection of Books.”
I learned this, at least, by my experiment; that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. – Thoreau, Walden
In our reasonings concerning matter of fact, there are all imaginable degrees of assurance, from the highest certainty to the lowest species of moral evidence. A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence. – Hume, An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Ultimately, man should not ask what the meaning of his life is, but rather must recognize that it is he who is asked. In a word, each man is questioned by life; and he can only answer to life by answering for his own life; to life he can only respond by being responsible. – Frankl, Man’s Search For Meaning
The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays. – Kierkegaard
