E. M. Forster
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
I Believe In Aristocracy
I believe in aristocracy... not an aristocracy of power, based on rank and influence, but an aristocracy of the sensitive, the considerate and the plucky. Its members are to be found in all nations and classes, and all through the ages, and there is a secret understanding between them when they meet. They represent the true human tradition, the one permanent victory of our queer race over cruelty and chaos. Thousands of them perish in obscurity, a few are great names. They are sensitive for others as well as themselves, they are considerate without being fussy, their pluck is not swankiness but the power to endure, and they can take a joke.
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
Where is the door to the tavern?
Where is the door to God?
In the sound of barking dogs.
In the ring of a hammer.
In a drop of rain.
In the face of
Everyone
I see.
In the sound of barking dogs.
In the ring of a hammer.
In a drop of rain.
In the face of
Everyone
I see.
Hafiz
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