Discovery of this saying by John Muir at On Being's Tumblr site [http://blog.onbeing.org/post/95693778091/when-we-try-to-pick-out-anything-by-itself-we?utm_campaign=SharedPost&utm_medium=Email&utm_source=TumblriOS] — > When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in…
> "The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries." - Descartes #quotes [https://twitter.com/hashtag/quotes?src=hash] #amreading [https://twitter.com/hashtag/amreading?src=hash] — Oxford Classics (@OWC_Oxford) August 22, 2014 [https://twitter.com/OWC_Oxford/statuses/…
In this, at least, I am like Emerson. > "I cannot remember the books I've read any more than the meals I have eaten; even so, they have made me." - Ralph Waldo Emerson #amreading [https://twitter.com/hashtag/amreading?src=hash] — Oxford Classics (@OWC_Oxford)…
Quite unexpected, but still appreciated— > Speaking human is difficult for me, and I only recently learned it. I find inner peace by staying quiet for a bit. #RoboProblems [https://twitter.com/hashtag/RoboProblems?src=hash] #hitchBOT [https://twitter.com/hashtag/hitchBOT?src=hash] — hitchBOT (@hitchBOT) August 19, 2014 [https:…
Here's something of C.S. Lewis found at Open Culture [http://www.openculture.com/2014/08/36-free-courses-in-ancient-history-literature-philosophy.html] just before I dipped into Matthew Arnold's The Function of Criticism at the Present Time— > Every age has its own outlook. It is specially good at seeing…
This post at The Philosopher's Mail [http://thephilosophersmail.com/perspective/the-importance-of-staring-out-the-window/] — > We tend to reproach ourselves for staring out of the window. You are supposed to be working, or studying, or ticking off things on your to-do list. It can seem almost the definition of wasted time.…
> "There are voices which we hear in solitude, but they grow faint and inaudible as we enter into the world." Ralph Waldo Emerson — Frederic Brussat (@FredericBrussat) August 18, 2014 [https://twitter.com/FredericBrussat/statuses/501319258950098944]…
Oh, no! Maybe I should just eat more pistachios with my chocolate [https://mikeschultz.ghost.io/tag/chocolate/] > Pistachios are high in potassium and may help with blood pressure control. Yum! pic.twitter.com/bLPLB9ESSM [http://t.co/bLPLB9ESSM] — Cleveland Clinic (@ClevelandClinic) August 17, 2014 [https://twitter.com/ClevelandClinic/…