We cannot let our angels go; we do not see that they only go out that archangels may come in.
Interpretation
This quote reflects on the presence of both good and bad experiences in life, suggesting that the loss of one often makes room for the other.
Ralph Waldo Emerson's quote emphasizes the idea that we might resist letting go of certain elements in our lives, represented by 'angels.' However, he points out that the departure of these familiar comforts or joys allows for growth and the arrival of greater, transformative experiences, symbolized by 'archangels.' It speaks to the natural ebb and flow of life, where endings can lead to new beginnings.
In practice
In a motivational speech, to encourage an audience to embrace change.
It is plain that there is no separate essence called courage, no cup or cell in the brain, no vessel in the heart containing drops or atoms that make or give this virtue; but it is the right or healthy state of every man, when he is free to do that which is constitutional to him to do.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Men cease to interest us when we find their limitations
Tis the good reader that makes the good book; a good head cannot read amiss: in every book he finds passages which seem confidences or asides hidden from all else and unmistakeably meant for his ear.
The world belongs to the energetic.
Hast thou named all the birds without a gun?
Every human life contains a potential, if that potential is not fulfilled, then that life was wasted.
The possible ranks higher than the actual.
Of course God does not consider you hopeless. If He did He would not be moving you to seek Him (and He obviously is). What is going on in you at present is simply the beginning of the treatment. Continue seeking with cheerful seriousness. Unless He wanted you, you would not be wanting Him.
Our culture difinitely takes an egocentric dominator view. The fear of the psychedelic experience is quite literally the fear of losing control. Dominator types today don't understand that it's not important to maintain control if you are not in control in the first place.
If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
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