While there is still time

‘...What moves the Greek warrior to deeds of heroism’, Kitto comments, 'is not a sense of duty as we understand it-duty towards others: ...

Letter to the Chinese Premier - "...I gather you yellow-skinned men, despite your triumphs in sewage, drinking water, and Olympic gold ...

"...The Great Khan tried to concentrate on the game: but now it was the game's reason that eluded him. The end of every game is a g...

"...The biologist Stephen J.Gould makes a good point: "Science is not 'organized common sense'; at its most exciting, it r...

The moment when, after many years of hard work and a long voyage you stand in the centre of your room, house, half-acre, square mile, i...

"...Every language is a storehouse of indigenous culture and knowledge. It reflects a peoples' worldview. English and Hindi have wo...

The proverbial benevolent uncle turns up in the village and sees the children play with ragdolls and simple make-do toys. He tells them they...

"..............Jung called its (the unconscious) male and female forms "animus" and "anima". The anima is a pers...

Au printemps j’ai des chemins creux Qui poussent dans la tête, des envies de campagne Rarement je passe à l’acte Je me complais plutôt à ch...

"....It brings into play altogether new powers of adaptation to life, of literally absorbing pain and insecurity. ...The principle of...

I like an escalator, man, 'cause an escalator can never break. It can only become stairs. There would never be an "Escalator Tempor...

'From the Garden' Anne Sexton Come, my beloved, consider the lilies. We are of little faith. We talk too much. Put your...

In today's Delanceyplace.com excerpt - the emptiness of space, the distances between planets and stars: " 'The universe is a pr...

“James Averill, a major proponent of social constructivism, describes a behavior pattern, called “being a wild pig”, that is quite unusual ...

From 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' [1884] , Mark Twain "It's lovely to live on a raft. We had the sky, up there, ...