Michael WhelanSHARD (2002)
Acrylic - 10” x 8”
While working on this small variation of EPHEMEROS, I was reminded of my youthful days in California and how I found more time for meditation back then. 1/2
GENTLENESS (1997)
Acrylic on Canvas - 11” x 13”
Not a classical Virtue, but based on observing my young son with our aging family cat. It's how I hope we'll care for all the earth's creatures.
WIST Quotations The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. — On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men’s undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the want of talents or the will to use them, but in the vacillating and desultory mode of using them — in flying from object to object, in starting away at each little disgust, and thus applying the force which might conquer any one difficulty to a series of difficulties so large that no human force can conquer them.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.
The smallest brook on earth, by continual running, has hollowed out for itself a considerable valley to flow in: the wildest tempest, by its occasional raging, over-turns a few cottages, uproots a few trees, and leaves after a short space no mark behind it. Commend me therefore to the Dutch virtue of perseverance! Without it all the rest are little better than fairy gold, which glitters in your purse, but when taken to the market proves to be — slate or cinders.
Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) Scottish essayist and historian
Letter (1822-03-15) to John Carlyle
More about this quote: wist.info/carlyle-thomas/29920…
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Carlyle, Thomas - Letter (1822-03-15) to John Carlyle | WIST Quotations
The last quality, perseverance, I particularly respect: it is the very hinge of all virtues. -- On looking over the world, the cause of nine parts in ten of the lamentable failures which occur in men's undertakings & darken and degrade so much of their history, lies not in the…
EmberhartFranklin’s system of 13 personal virtues was methodical. He did not leave his character to chance. He designed a grid, tracked his behavior, and focused on one virtue per week. Over 13 weeks, he covered them all, then started again. #BenjaminFranklin #Virtues #Emberhart https://www.emberhart.com/benjamin-franklins-lifetime-system-of-13-personal-virtues-and-one-tired-dad-with-five-half-baked-character-tweaks/
Benjamin Franklin’s Lifetime System of 13 Personal Virtues and One Tired Dad with Five Half-Baked Character Tweaks - Emberhart
Benjamin Franklin’s 13 Virtues—And 5 Modern Tweaks from a Tired Dad. Inspired by Benjamin Franklin’s timeless 13 virtues, a father reflects on character, self-improvement, and five modern commitments that fit a busy, messy life. A story of growth, balance, and practical wisdom for today.
A quotation from Josh Billings
Man iz mi brother, and i konsider that i am nearer related tew him through hiz vices, than i am through hiz virtews.[Man is my brother, and I consider that I am nearer related to him through his vices, than I am through his virtues.]
Josh Billings (1818-1885) American humorist, aphorist [pseud. of Henry Wheeler Shaw]
Josh Billings’ Farmer’s Allminax, 1871-07 (1871 ed.)
More about this quote: wist.info/billings-josh/82682/
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LupposofiSari Valton tänäisessä ohjelmassa oli kriittistä puhetta itsekkyyden ajasta ja yksilökeskeisestä kulttuurista, ja peräänkuulutettiin hyveitä väljähtymis-alttiin arvopuheen sijaan, https://areena.yle.fi/1-77184233
Keitä oli vieraina, selviää ohjelmatiedosta. Itse olen alkanut vierastaa sellaistakin kehystämistä, koska se helposti ennakko-turhentaa mahdollista antia. Joskus tuntuu, että kiireisenä nykyaikana lähteet alkavat helposti painaa asiaa enemmän, positiivisesti tai negatiivisesti. Kyseessä on eräänlainen ad hominem -(virhe)päättely, jota voisi karttaa.
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Elämme itsekkyyden aikaa | Sari Valto
Yksilökeskeinen kultturi on mennyt liian pitkälle ja olemme siirtyneet itsekkyyden aikaan. Olemme siis luoneet kulttuurin, joka tuottaa pahoinvointia. Näin toteaa psykologian emeritaprofessori Liisa Keltikangas-Järvinen. Ratkaisu voisi olla se, että palauttaisimme klassiset hyveet olemassaolomme perustaksi. Arvopuhe on tyhjää, mutta hyveiden tavoittelu on konkreettista. Hyveiden puolesta puhuu filosofi Antti Kylliäinen.
Carmelite QuotesQuote of the day, 10 March: Venerable María Antonia
From prayer, we must draw the water that nourishes and preserves the flowers of the virtues. If we do not go to that divine fountain to draw this water, how could those virtues grow in the garden of our soul, or remain fresh—those that our Lord may have granted us by some particular grace of His?
Rather, through our own fault and negligence, they would wither if we remain idle in prayer, spending our time thinking about irrelevant things, when instead we ought to be working with our faculties to fill the little pitcher of our will with holy effects and loving affections for our divine Spouse.
Venerable María Antonia of Jesus (Pereira y Andrade)
Edificio espiritual, chap. 5
Note: Venerable María Antonia of Jesus (María Antonia Pereira y Andrade) was a Spanish Discalced Carmelite nun born in Santiago de Compostela on 5 October 1700. In 1748, she founded the Carmel of Santiago de Compostela, arriving from the Carmel of Corpus Christi in Alcalá de Henares with six other nuns chosen from several Carmelite monasteries in Spain. Renowned for her contemplative life, Eucharistic devotion, and fidelity to Carmelite spirituality, she also composed the spiritual treatise Edificio espiritual. Her cause for canonization has advanced in the Church, and on 7 November 2018, the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints promulgated the decree recognizing her heroic virtues, granting her the title Venerable. She died at the Carmel of Santiago de Compostela on 10 March 1760.
Translation from the Spanish text is the blogger’s own work product and may not be reproduced without permission.
Featured image: The Discalced Carmelite nuns of Santiago de Compostela gather in the monastic choir to sing the solemn Salve Regina. Image credit: Discalced Carmelites
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RevDrMatthewFox#Aquinas: " #Revelation has been made to many #pagans...the old pagan #virtues were from God." So-called "pagan" teachings are not w/o deep truths that lead to transformed hearts, & to actions, stories, & practices that can transform others. https://bit.ly/4qqZFGo
Photo: Starhawk, OccupyLA, by Laura Sharkey
Photo: Starhawk, OccupyLA, by Laura Sharkey
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