A Polymath Mind

polymath mind: a mind desiring to be a person of great or varied learning.

The Trancendentalists

“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
When I was in high school, I was fascinated by the writers known as the transendentalists. To me to be a “writing movement” with ideas that formed an actually historical blip was amazing and [...]

I saw this quote on someone’s Email

It’s not that some people have willpower and some don’t.
It’s that some people are ready to change and others are not.
— James Gordon
I thought this was an insightful comment, as we all try to change ourselves, influence others, etc etc. There is a definitely a timing to everything.

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“People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of their character” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day 5/28/09

I thought this was awesome:
The greatest mystery is not that we have been flung at random between the profusion of matter and of the stars, but that within this prison we can draw from ourselves images powerful enough to deny our nothingness.
– Andre Malraux
Not that I think we’re in a prison, but it [...]

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