Saturday, February 28
"The true value of a man is not determined by his possession, supposed or real, of Truth, but rather by his sincere exertion to get the Truth. It is not possession of the Truth, but rather the pursuit of Truth by which he extends his powers and in which his ever-growing perfectability is to be found. Possession makes one passive, indolent, and proud. If God were to hold the Truth concealed in His right hand, and in his left only the steady and diligent drive for Truth, albeit with a proviso that I would always and forever err in the process, and to offer me the choice, I would with all humility take the left hand."
-Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
Friday, February 20
사랑... 그놈
사랑해 널 사랑해
불러도 대답없는 멜로디
가슴이 멍들고 마음에 눈은 멀어도
다시 또 발길은 그 자리로
사랑해 또 사랑해
제 멋대로 왔다가 자기 마음대로 떠나간다
왔을 때처럼 아무말도 없이 떠나간다
사랑해 목이 메어 불러도 너는 듣지 못할 그 한마디
고갤 떨구며 사랑 앞에 난 또 서있다
바람은 왜 부는가
바람은 왜 부는가.
어디서 와서 또 어디로 가는가.
기압의 변화로 인해서 일어나는 대기의 흐름인 바람은
움직임으로써 살아 있는 기능을 한다.
움직임이 없으면 그건 바람일 수 없다.
움직이는 것이 어디 바람뿐이겠는가.
살아 있는 모든 것은 그 나름으로 움직이고 흐른다.
강물이 흐르고 바다가 출렁이는 것도
살아 있기 때문이다.
묵묵히 서 있는 나무들도 움직이면서
안으로 끊임없이 수액을 돌게 한다.
해가 뜨고 지는 거나 달이 찼다가 기우는 것도.
해와 달이 살아 있어 그런 작용을 한다.
우주의 호흡과 같은 이런 움직임과 흐름이 없다면
인간 또한 살아갈 수 없다.
이 세상에서 멈추거나 고정되어 있는 것은
아무것도 없다.
멈춤과 고정됨은 곧 죽음을 뜻한다.
그러므로 살아 있고자 한다면
그 움직임과 흐름을 거부하지 말고
받아들여야 한다.
모든 것은 변화를 거치면서 살아 움직인다.
하나의 극에서 다른 극으로 움직이면서 변화한다.
이런 변화와 움직임을 통해
새롭고 신선한 삶을 이룰 수 있다.
John 18:37,38
πᾶς ὁ ὢν ἐκ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκούει μου τῆς φωνῆς.
("Every one that is of the truth hears my voice." )
λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Πιλᾶτος· Τί ἐστιν ἀλήθεια
(Pilate said to him, "What is truth?")
Thursday, February 19

Monday, February 16
Voltaire
"Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing a new road."
"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."
"Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."
"It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere."
"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."
"Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd."
"True greatness consists in the use of a powerful understanding to enlighten oneself and others."
"The truths of religion are never so well understood as by those who have lost their power of reasoning."
"Every sensible man, every honest man, must hold the Christian sect in horror. But what shall we substitute in its place? you say. What? A ferocious animal has sucked the blood of my relatives. I tell you to rid yourselves of this beast, and you ask me what you shall put in its place?"
"Most of the great men of this world live as if they were atheists. Every man who has lived with his eyes open, knows that the knowledge of a God, his presence, and his justice, has not the slightest influence over the wars, the treaties, the objects of ambition, interest, or pleasure, in the pursuit of which they are wholly occupied."
"Atheism is the vice of a few intelligent people."
Sunday, February 15
United States of Jesus
Video posted by Pat Condell in May of 2007.
We now have a new president with atheistic education and an upbringing by an atheist family... resulting in the following video.
America, we have hope.
Saturday, February 14
Fallen Soldiers, Coming Home in Public
Friday, February 13
有錢無罪 無錢有罪

Thursday, February 12
Clarence Darrow
"I was reading last night of the aspiration of the old Persian poet, Omar-Khayyam. It appealed to me as the highest that I can vision. I wish it was in my heart, and I wish it was in the hearts of all: So I be written in the Book of Love; I do not care about that Book above. Erase my name, or write it as you will, So I be written in the Book of Love."
-the closing case for mercy in a murder trial
Jerry Falwell
The All-American evangelical Christian pastor/televangelist.
"The Bible is the inerrant... word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible, without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc."
"I hope I live to see the day when, as in the early days of our country, we won't have any public schools. The churches will have taken them over again and Christians will be running them. What a happy day that will be!"
"The idea that religion and politics don't mix was invented by the Devil to keep Christians from running their own country."
"Good Christians, like slaves and soldiers, ask no questions."
"I really believe that the pagans, and the abortionists, and the feminists, and the gays and the lesbians who are actively trying to make that an alternate lifestyle, the ACLU, People for the American Way - all of them who have tried to secularize America - I point the finger in their face and say 'you helped this happen'."
- speaking of the 9/11 terrorist attack.
"If you're not a born-again Christian, you're a failure as a human being."
Wednesday, February 11
Tuesday, February 10
Milk

Monday, February 9
법정 스님
소유한다는 것은
무엇인가를 소유한다는 것은
한편으로는 소유를 당하는 것이며,
무엇인가에 얽매인다는 뜻이다.
무엇인가를 가질 때
우리의 정신은 그만큼 부자유해지며
타인에게 시기심과 질투와 대립을 불러일으킨다.
적게 가질수록 더욱 사랑할 수 있다.
어느 날인가는 적게 가진 그것마저도
다 버리고 갈 우리 처지가 아닌가.
소유한 것을 버리고
모든 속박에서 그대 자신을 해방시키라.
그리고 존재하라.
인간의 목표는 풍부하게 소유하는 것이 아니고
풍성하게 존재하는 것이다.
크게 버리는 사람만이
크게 얻을 수 있다는 말이다.
아무것도 갖지 않을 때
비로소 온 세상을 갖게 된다는 것은
무소유의 또 다른 의미이다.
소유물은 우리가 그것을 소유하는 이상으로
우리 자신을 소유해 버린다.
그러므로 필요에 따라 살아야지
욕망에 따라 살지 말아야 한다.
욕망과 필요의 차이를 구별할 수 있어야 한다.
-법정 스님
Wednesday, February 4
