Roland Barthes Quote – The Appearance of Passion
“What the public wants is not passion but the appearance of passion.” – Roland Barthes
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Poem – GEDANKEN WHAT I DESERVE (By Ray Gallucci)
“GEDANKEN WHAT I DESERVE” (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought_experiment) Albert Einstein went “gedanken” in his search fortheory knocking Galileo and Sir Isaac from their pedestals on high. There upon a light beam traveling, Einstein perchedto try unraveling All the mysteries of physics he’d encounteredby-and-by. From his seat he saw no passing of his time, butwas amassing An infinity of matter till all […]
Read moreGamburtsev Mountain Range – Hidden Peaks Beneath the Ice
Deep beneath Antarctica’s vast ice sheet lies one of the most mysterious and least explored mountain ranges on Earth—the Gamburtsev Mountain Range. First discovered in 1958 by a Soviet expedition, these peaks, stretching about 1,200 kilometers (750 miles) across East Antarctica, remain hidden under more than 4,000 meters (13,000 feet) of ice, making them a scientific enigma. A Subglacial Mountain […]
Read moreJiddu Krishnamurti Quote – In That There Is Joy
“It is only when the mind is free from the old that it meets everything anew, and in that there is joy.” – Jiddu Krishnamurti
Read morePhilippa Carr Quote – No Say In Making War
“It is the people who have no say in making wars who suffer most from the consequences of them.” – Philippa Carr
Read moreHundreds of Civilians Massacred In South Sudan
Bentiu, South Sudan Horrific massacre: Rebels have massacred hundreds of civilians in the South Sudanese city of Bentiu in the worst atrocity of the young country’s civil war. Bodies, including those of children and old people, were piled in heaps in a mosque, a church, and other buildings all over town. The ethnic Nuer rebels killed all non-Nuer they found, […]
Read moreLouis-Ferdinand Céline Quote – All Great Innovation Is Built On Rejection
“All great innovation is built on rejection.” – Louis-Ferdinand Céline
Read moreCartoon – A For Better or Worse Easter
Thomas Merton quote – Trust in him no matter how you feel
“God does not ask you not to feel anxious but to trust in him no matter how you feel.” – Thomas Merton
Read moreAlbert Ellis Quote – You Control Your Own Destiny
“The best years of your life are the ones in which you decide your problems are your own. You do not blame them on your mother, the ecology, or the president. You realize that you control your own destiny.” – Albert Ellis
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