Tag Archives: knew

If we only knew it

Posted on September 16, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Good heavens, of what uncostly material is our earthly happiness composed… if we only knew it.  What incomes have we not had from a flower, and how unfailing are the dividends of the seasons. James Russell Lowell

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Oftentimes the supposed increasers of knowledge

Posted on August 26, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

Oftentimes the supposed increasers of knowledge have only given a new name, and a worse, to what every body knew before. Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827

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Hope and despair

Posted on July 12, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

If you knew that hope and despair were paths to the same destination, which would you choose? Robert Brault, http://www.robertbrault.com

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Love what lies hidden

Posted on May 17, 2012 by theholisticdirectory

It would be impossible to “love” anyone or anything one knew completely.  Love is directed towards what lies hidden in its object. Paul Valéry, Tel quel, 1943

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