Monday, 13 August 2007

'Memory is not just the imprint of the past time upon us; it is the keeper of what is meaningful for our deepest hopes and fears.'

'Both artists and neurotics speak and live from the subconscious and unconscious depths of their society. The artist does this positively, communicating what he experiences to his fellow men. The neurotic does this negatively.'

'Technology is the knack of so arranging the world that we do not experience it.'

Rollo May 1909-1994
American Extistential Psychologist


'What is needed, rather than running away or controlling or suppressing or any other resistance, is understanding fear; that means, watch it, learn about it, come directly into contact with it. We are to learn about fear, not how to escape from it.'

'You must understand the whole of life, not just one little part of it. That is why you must read, that is why you must look at the skies, that is why you must sing and dance, and write poems and suffer and understand, for all that is life…'


Jiddu Krishnamurti 1895-1986
Philosopher and writer

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