To be wise and eke to love,_x000D_ _x000D_ Is granted scarce to gods above.
Interpretation
True wisdom and the ability to love are rare gifts, often associated with divinity.
In this quote, Edmund Spenser reflects on the rarity of possessing both wisdom and love, suggesting that these qualities are so profound that they are typically reserved for the divine. The statement highlights the idea that while knowledge can be acquired, the combination of wisdom with an empathetic capacity for love elevates an individual, reflecting traits that mere mortals struggle to achieve.
In practice
In a graduation speech to inspire students about the values of life.
But O the exceeding grace_x000D_ Of highest God, that loves his creatures so,_x000D_ And all his works with mercy doth embrace,_x000D_ That blessed angels, he sends to and fro,_x000D_ To serve to wicked man, to serve his wicked foe.
The noblest mind the best contentment has
What though the sea with waves continuall Doe eate the earth, it is no more at all ; Ne is the earth the lesse, or loseth ought : For whatsoever from one place doth fall Is with the tyde unto another brought : For there is nothing lost, that may be found if sought.
No daintie flowre or herbe that growes on grownd, No arborett with painted blossoms drest And smelling sweete, but there it might be fownd To bud out faire, and throwe her sweete smels al arownd.
I hate the day, because it lendeth light_x000D_ _x000D_ To see all things, but not my love to see.
For of the soule the bodie forme doth take; _x000D_ For the soule is forme, and doth the bodie make.
I try not to think about anything special while running. As a matter of fact, I usually run with my mind empty. However, when I run empty-minded, something naturally and abruptly crawls in sometime. That might become an idea that can help me with my writing.
Who travels far will often see things Far removed from what was believed as Truth.
They will envy you for your success, your wealth, for your intelligence, for your looks, for your status - but rarely for your wisdom.
I was not an anthropology student prior to the war. I took it up as part of a personal readjustment following some bewildering experiences as an infantryman and later as a prisoner of war in Dresden, Germany. The science of the Study of Man has been extremely satisfactory from that personal standpoint.
Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things.
There is a certain degree of satisfaction in having the courage to admit one's errors. It not only clears up the air of guilt and defensiveness, but often helps solve the problem created by the error
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