James Birney Quotes & Sayings

in her pocket for — Guido Henkel

Ancient philosophies were entranced by the order of the cosmos; they marveled at the mysterious power that kept the heavenly bodies in their orbits and the seas within bounds and that ensured that the earth regularly came to life again after the dearth of winter, and they longed to participate in this richer and more permanent existence. They expressed this yearning in terms of what is known as the perennial philosophy, so called because it was present, in some form, in most premodern cultures.11 Every single person, object, or experience was seen as a replica, a pale shadow, of a reality that was stronger and more enduring than anything in their ordinary experience but that they only glimpsed in visionary moments or in dreams. By ritually imitating what they understood to be the gestures and actions of their celestial alter egos - whether gods, ancestors, or culture heroes - premodern folk felt themselves to be caught up in their larger dimension of being. — Karen Armstrong

Eating in Sweden is really just a series of heartbreaks. — Bill Bryson

I'm very much in support of the free press, but the free press ought to be educational and informative. And I believe they have fallen down recently on that. — Samuel Dash

I look at Justin Bieber and my heart breaks for him, because I know what he's going to go through. He knows it. Everybody knows it. — Donny Osmond