Search results for “mercy”
Virginia Woolf on Self-Knowledge and the Blind Spots of Sympathy
“We do not know our own souls, let alone the souls of others… There is a virgin forest in each.”
Twenty Days with Julian and Little Bunny by Papa: Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Almost Unbearably Sweet Account of Sole-Parenting His Small Son
“Mercy on me, was ever man before so be-pelted with a child’s talk as I am! It is his desire of sympathy that lies at the bottom of the great heap of his babblement.”
Nick Cave on Creative Work as an Instrument of Self-Forgiveness and the Necessity of Hope in a Fragile World
In praise of “the necessary and urgent need to love life and one another, despite the casual cruelty of the world.”
Highlights in Hindsight: Favorite Books of the Past Year
Trees, hummingbirds, snails, Stoicism, storytelling, Orwell’s roses, the crucible of consciousness, the end of the universe, and more trees.
Music and the Mystery of Aliveness
“We are a music-making species — always have been, always will be — and music’s capacity to explore, express and address what it is to be human remains one of our greatest communal gifts.”
Favorite Books of 2022
From Rumi to Blake to Nick Cave, by way of trees, hummingbirds, grief, and music.
Repentance, Repair, and What True Forgiveness Takes: Lessons from Maimonides for the Modern World
“Sometimes we are hurt. Sometimes we hurt others, whether intentionally or not. The path of repentance is one that can help us not only to repair what we have broken, to the fullest extent possible, but to grow in the process of doing so.”
How to Make the Best of Life: A Visionary Victorian Recipe for Lasting Self-Actualization
“Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.”
Bridging the Island Universes of Our Experience: Aldous Huxley on Making Sense of Ourselves and Each Other
“To see ourselves as others see us is a most salutary gift. Hardly less important is the capacity to see others as they see themselves.”
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