American writer and political activist Susan Sontag was born on 16 January 1933 (see here) Her journals and notebooks, which totalled close to one hundred by the time of her death, at age seventy-one in 2004 were edited and published by her son David Rieff.“My desire to write is connected with my homosexuality. I need… Read More Susan Sontag’s Diaries
“Conscious faith is freedom.Emotional faith is slavery.Mechanical faith is foolishness.” George Ivanovich Gurdjieff was born on 13 January but the exact year remains unknown , since he burned all his private papers and documents before going to America in 1930. Some historians put his date of birth in 1866 and others in 1877, the year… Read More Faith and Sacred Dances
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” “The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook.” “We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.” William James, American psychologist and… Read More Life
Nell’omelia di ieri, festività dell’Epifania del Signore, papa Francesco ha pronunciato queste bellissime parole: “…un grande pittore, Van Gogh, scriveva che il bisogno di Dio lo spingeva a uscire di notte per dipingere le stelle. Sì, perché Dio ci ha fatti così: impastati di desiderio; orientati, come i magi, verso le stelle…… come per i… Read More Impastati di desiderio e orientati verso le stelle
“The wing structure of the hornet, in relation to its weight, is not suitable for flight, but it does not know this and flies anyway.” (Albert Einstein) The mental structure of some people is not suitable for producing intelligent thoughts, but they do not know this and speak anyway. “La struttura alare del calabrone, in… Read More Hornets 🐝
Isaac Asimov (born on 2 January 1920 – Ω 1992) was a Russian-born American scientist who was a prolific writer of both fiction (science fiction) and non-fiction. “Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It’s the transition that’s troublesome.” “The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”… Read More Asimov
The winter solstice marks the official beginning of astronomical winter.It falls on 21 December in the Northern Hemisphere and in June in the Southern HemisphereIt is the shortest day of the year, after which the days start getting longer. However, for meteorologists and climatologists, the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere is on… Read More Winter
Oggi è il compleanno di Papa Francesco (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) nato a Buenos Aires il 17 dicembre 1936. “Ci sono madri, che rischiano viaggi impervi per cercare disperatamente di dare al frutto del grembo un futuro migliore e vengono giudicate numeri in esubero da persone che hanno la pancia piena, ma di cose, e il… Read More Papa Francesco – Madri
Quinto Orazio Flacco, noto più semplicemente come Orazio (nato a Venosa l’ 8 dicembre 65 a.C.) è considerato uno dei maggiori poeti dell’età antica. Quintus Horatius Flaccus (born on 8 December 65 BC) known in the English-speaking world as Horace, was the leading lyric poet in Latin. Dum loquimur, fugerit invida aetas: carpe diem, quam… Read More Orazio/Horace
Samuel Butler was a British satirist, novelist and critic, born on 4 December 1835. Here are some of his quotes on life: “Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.” “Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.” “Life is like music, it… Read More Samuel Butler on Life
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