27-01-2022, 10:28 AM
'I am no prophet - & here's no great matter; I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker, & in short, I was afraid. '
T S Eliot
'The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society & become a hermit, & that is a frightening choice.'
Richard Bach, One.
"It is in the brains & soul that lack of money damages you. Mental deadness, spiritual squalor - they seem to descend upon you inescapably when your income drops below a certain point. Faith, hope, money - only a saint could have the first two without having the third."
George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying
'Who am I? Do I matter? Does the whakapapa really matter? Yes! Oh yes!
Because it gives me a unison with the universe. It tells me that I am not alone or ever will be. It weaves me into a pattern of life that began at world's creation & will be here till world's end. I am the people who came before me & I am the people who will come after me. Although I will die, the pattern will not be broken. There is no such thing as time passing because I have always been here & will always be here.'
Witi Ihimaera, Gathering of the whakapapa, The new net goes fishing
T S Eliot
'The only way to avoid all frightening choices is to leave society & become a hermit, & that is a frightening choice.'
Richard Bach, One.
"It is in the brains & soul that lack of money damages you. Mental deadness, spiritual squalor - they seem to descend upon you inescapably when your income drops below a certain point. Faith, hope, money - only a saint could have the first two without having the third."
George Orwell, Keep the aspidistra flying
'Who am I? Do I matter? Does the whakapapa really matter? Yes! Oh yes!
Because it gives me a unison with the universe. It tells me that I am not alone or ever will be. It weaves me into a pattern of life that began at world's creation & will be here till world's end. I am the people who came before me & I am the people who will come after me. Although I will die, the pattern will not be broken. There is no such thing as time passing because I have always been here & will always be here.'
Witi Ihimaera, Gathering of the whakapapa, The new net goes fishing
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)