Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one who is searching for the Other.
Octavio PazRead
Whatever is not stone is light
Interpretation
This quote suggests that everything that is not permanent or solid is ephemeral and fleeting.
Octavio Paz's quote 'Whatever is not stone is light' reflects the transient nature of existence and the contrast between the permanence of stone and the impermanence of other materials such as light. Light is often symbolic of thought, clarity, and the fleeting moments in life, prompting a reflection on the value of the ephemeral over the eternal, and encouraging one to embrace change and the transient beauty in life.
In practice
During a philosophy class discussing the nature of existence.
Solitude lies at the lowest depth of the human condition. Man is the only being who feels himself to be alone and the only one who is searching for the Other.
By suppressing differences and peculiarities, by eliminating different civilizations and cultures, progress weakens life and favors death
The North American system only wants to consider the positive aspects of reality. Men and women are subjected from childhood to an inexorable process of adaptation certain principles, contained in brief formulas are endlessly repeated by the Press, the radio, the churches, and the schools, and by those kindly, sinister beings, the North American mothers and wives. A person imprisoned by these schemes is like a plant in a flowerpot too small for it he cannot grow or mature.
Poetry is not a genre in harmony with the modern world; its innermost nature is hostile or indifferent to the dogmas of modern times, progress and the cult of the future.
If we are a metaphor of the universe, the human couple is the metaphor par excellence, the point of intersection of all forces and the seed of all forms. The couple is time recaptured, the return to the time before time.
Man, even man debased by the neocapitalism and pseudosocialism of our time, is a marvelous being because he sometimes speaks. Language is the mark, the sign, not of his fall but of his original innocence. Through the Word we may regain the lost kingdom and recover powers we possessed in the far-distant past.
The next time you experience a blackout, take some solace by looking at the sky. You will not recognize it.
Every sentence I utter must be understood not as an affirmation, but as a question.
Where God tears great gaps we should not try to fill them with human words.
Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation.
We have seen enough criminality on the part of government. It is hypocritical to make this allegation against me. They have narrowed the public sphere of influence.
Sanctification is not a work of nature, but a work of grace. It is a transformation of character effected not by moral influences, but supernaturally by the Holy Spirit.
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