The Circle In The Grey

all the rediculous melodrama of an opera, but this is no stage. this is real.

May 17, 2006

"Our nature lies in movement...complete calm is death."
-Pascal

At 9:50 PM, Matt said...: too true...although some cessation of activity is necessary for most animals.
At 1:53 PM, Anonymous said...: stephers?!
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-karla
At 11:53 AM, Anonymous said...: Indeed,

"Idleness is emptiness; the tree in which the sap is stagnant, remains fruitless."
--Hosea Ballou

But on the other hand, George Granville advises, "Thy thoughts to nobler meditations give, And study how to die, not how to live."

And the Bhagavad Gita asks men to "Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart."

Nor should we forget Chesterton's remarks,

"The whole curse of the last century has been what is called the Swing of the Pendulum; that is, the idea that Man must go alternately from one extreme to the other. It is a shameful and even shocking fancy; it is the denial of the whole dignity of the mankind. When Man is alive he stands still. It is only when he is dead that he swings."

And finally

"To hurry through one's leisure is the most unbusiness-like of actions."
At 7:51 PM, steph said...: Movement does not have to imply hurry. Nor does it have to imply an inability to meditate or be involved with ones thoughts.