Richard E. Berendzen famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?
If a poem is each time new, then it is necessarily an act of discovery, a chance taken, a chance that may lead to fulfillment or disaster
The discovery of dance has changed my life in unimaginable ways.
Serendipity is the way to make discoveries, by accident but also by sagacity, of things one is not in quest of. Based on experience, knowledge, it is the creative exploitation of the unforeseen.
Nothing new here, except my marrying, which to me is a matter of profound wonder.
For six years profound silence was mistaken for profound wisdom.
Peopleâ€™s beliefs about their abilities have a profound effect on those abilities.
Ethics are complete, profound and alive only when addressed to all living beings. Only then are we in spiritual connection with the world. Any philosophy not representing this, not based on the indefinite totality of life, is bound to disappear.
It's an universal law-- intolerance is the first sign of an inadequate education. An ill-educated person behaves with arrogant impatience, whereas truly profound education breeds humility.
Very few of us are capable of being Free Thinkers, needing neither to adore nor to insult God, the insult often being an act of faith more profound than adoration.

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