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Joseph Conrad – to make you seeA writer's task: through the written word, to make the reader hear and feel, and above all to see.writing, seeing, feeling, craft, purposeJoseph ConradWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
G. K. Chesterton – we have all forgotten who we areEveryone has forgotten who they are; we can understand the cosmos but not the ego. Common sense is forgetting that we forgot, while art and ecstasy are the moments we remember that we forget.forgetting, self-knowledge, ego, ecstasy, rememberingG. K. ChestertonWisdom/quoteAugust 28, 2026
Betty Eadie – guard your thoughts and wordsIf we understood the power of our thoughts and words, we would guard them closely and prefer silence to anything negative; our strengths, limits and joys begin in our hearts, and we can always replace negative with positive.thoughts, words, silence, positivity, heartBetty EadieWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
Saxe – 'The Blind Men and the Elephant'John Godfrey Saxe's poem of six men of Indostan who each touch one part of an elephant and argue over what it is: partial perception mistaken for the whole. Saxe lived 1816–1887, so the text is public domain.perspective, blindness, parable, dogma, wholenessJohn Godfrey SaxePoemAugust 24, 2026
David Bohm – Thought as a System (book introduction)Lee Nichol's 1993 introduction to Bohm's Thought as a System: thought is past memory carried forward, bound up with emotion and reflex; the 'thinker' is a product of thought; 'proprioception of thought', insight and group dialogue as ways to loosen its grip.thought, david-bohm, proprioception, dialogue, fragmentationLee NicholOtherAugust 23, 2026
Hamza Yusuf – words move heartsNever underestimate words: they move hearts, and hearts move limbs into action.words, heart, action, influence, powerHamza YusufWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
Abraham Joshua Heschel – speech ends in a deedSpeech has power and words don't fade: what begins as a sound ends as an action.speech, action, power, responsibility, wordsAbraham Joshua HeschelWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
Mary Oliver – the soul is built of attentivenessTen times a day a throb of amazement arrives; the speaker names it the first and wisest thing known: the soul exists and is made entirely of attentiveness.attention, soul, wonder, poetry, presenceMary OliverWisdom/quoteAugust 24, 2026
Hawkins – 'The Eye of the I', Ch. 7 'The Mind' (reference only)The email contains only a book and chapter reference with no excerpt.david-hawkins, the-eye-of-the-i, mind, reference, bookDavid HawkinsOtherAugust 29, 2026
Markus Zusak – the best word shakersThose who truly understood the power of words were the best 'word shakers' and could climb the highest.words, power, understanding, aspiration, storytellingMarkus ZusakWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
John Keating – words and ideas can change the worldWhatever anyone tells you, words and ideas can change the world.words, ideas, change, inspiration, teachingJohn KeatingWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
Edgar Allan Poe – words and the horror of realityWords alone cannot impress the mind unless backed by the vivid, even terrible, force of the reality they describe.words, reality, impression, mind, writingEdgar Allan PoeWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026
Yehuda Berg – words can help, heal, hurt or humbleWords carry energy and power that can help, heal, hinder, hurt, harm, humiliate and humble.words, energy, healing, harm, powerYehuda BergWisdom/quoteSeptember 2, 2026

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