WISDOM

"If you ever in your life had a bright idea, or a new instinct,
or a new change of heart,
Sir, make this the corner stone of your understanding of the universe
and you will understand that the universe begins with creation.
And it ends in incarnation, because that's the experience of
every potent and creative man in the world.

But you look outside and try to deduce by your little brain,
not by your experience of your heart how the world begins,
and how it should be run.

You'll never solve it gentlemen. You'll remain a selfish, inarticulate animal.
If the spirit moves you, you will see how simple things are gentlemen.
Love begins and hope keeps you going, and faith.
And in the end your grandchildren will bless you."


Professor Eugen Rosenstock-Huessy
Dartmouth College (1935-1957)