ReflectionsThe Rainbow Daughter of Wonder It is the essence of poetry to spring, like the rainbow daughter of Wonder, from… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
ReflectionsEnlarge Not Thy Destiny “Enlarge not thy destiny,” said the oracle: “endeavor not to do more than is given… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
ReflectionsThe Pathos of Death The pathos of death is this, that when the days of one’s life are ended,… By William James
Letters/ReflectionsLet Life Happen to You You must realize that something is happening to you, that life has not forgotten you,… By Rainer Maria Rilke
ReflectionsThe Path of an Honest Fighter A road well begun is the battle half won. The important thing is to make… By Søren Kierkegaard
Letters/ReflectionsAnd It’s a Very Good Thing, Literature And it’s a very good thing, literature, a very good thing…a profound thing! A thing that… By Fyodor Dostoevsky
ReflectionsMemory Over History There is an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last… By Albert Hosteen
ReflectionsWhy Drag About This Corpse of Your Memory? But why should you keep your head over your shoulder? Why drag about this corpse… By Ralph Waldo Emerson
ReflectionsThe Dreams of Youth Old age realizes the dreams of youth; look at Swift: in his youth he built… By Søren Kierkegaard
ReflectionsTowards the Sun! In this keen and clear element, however, he has his entire power: here he can… By Friedrich Nietzsche