"Without the Arts, man would be solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short." (Thomas Hobbes)
For decades, this has remained my favourite quotation.
About Me
- Deborah K. Hanula
- Deborah K. Hanula has a year of Journalism training from Humber College, a Political Science degree from the University of Waterloo, and a Law degree from the University of British Columbia. In addition, she has Diplomas in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Child Psychology, and Psychotherapy and Counselling as well as a Family Life Educator and Coach Certificate and Certificates in Reflexology, Assertiveness Training, and Mindfulness Meditation. She is the author of five cookbooks, primarily concerned with gluten-free and dairy-free diets, although one pertains to chocolate. As an adult, in the past she worked primarily as a lawyer, but also as a university and college lecturer, a tutor, editor, writer, counsellor, researcher and piano teacher. She enjoys a multi-faceted approach when it comes to life, work and study, in order to keep things fresh and interesting. Check out her new book: A Murder of Crows & Other Poems (2023).
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Freud on Maturity
Sigmund Freud once said that the two hallmarks of a healthy maturity are the capacities to love and to work.
I agree with this, but disagree with many of the other things Freud has come up with...
I agree with this, but disagree with many of the other things Freud has come up with...
Rod McKuen
"...Sometimes the distance that you keep is as difficult for me to bear as proximity would be to anyone I didn't care for." (Rod McKuen)
Thomas Paine: Sublime and Ridiculous
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related, that it is difficult to class them separately. One step above the sublime makes the ridiculous, and one step above the ridiculous makes the sublime again.
(Thomas Paine)
In case any of you are wondering, sublime means: of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted; inspiring deep veneration, awe, or uplifting emotion because of its beauty, nobility, grandeur, or immensity. (Thefreedictionary.com)
(Thomas Paine)
In case any of you are wondering, sublime means: of high moral, aesthetic, intellectual, or spiritual value; noble; exalted; inspiring deep veneration, awe, or uplifting emotion because of its beauty, nobility, grandeur, or immensity. (Thefreedictionary.com)
Miles and Johnson on Character
"You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him."
(James D. Miles) and "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." (Samuel Johnson)
Help those less fortunate...
(James D. Miles) and "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good." (Samuel Johnson)
Help those less fortunate...
Goethe: Commitment
"Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: That the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Another From Emerson
"What lies behind you and what lies in front of you, pales in comparison to what lies inside of you."
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
(Ralph Waldo Emerson)
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