He who seeks truth shall find beautyHe who seeks beauty shall find vanityHe who seeks order shall find gratification,He who seeks gratification shall be disappointedHe who considers himself the servant of his fellow beings
shall find the joy of self-expressionArrogance is incompatible with nature,He who seeks self-expression shall fall into the pit of arrogance
Through nature,
the nature of the unverse
and the nature of man,
we shall seek truth,
If we seek truth, we shall find beauty.
Saturday 1 March 2008
More Rudiments of Wisdom
At a time many feel “We have seen the best of our time: machinations, hollowness, treachery, and all ruinous disorders, follow us disquietly to our grave,” here’s a poem to help, by Moshe Safdie, architect of the children’s memorial at Yad Vashem:
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