The present moment is the only aperture through which the soul can pass out of time into eternity, through which grace can pass out of eternity into the soul, and through which love can pass from one soul in time to another soul in time. - Aldous Huxley

Save the date for SFI’s 2024 Stanislaw Ulam Memorial Lectures! Tuesday, Sept 17: SFI President David Krakauer presents ‘The Complex World’. Book signing begins at 6:30 p.m., lecture at 7:30 p.m. MT Wed, Sept 18: SFI Faculty Melanie Mitchell , Sara Imari Walker , Geoffrey West and

I bear light shade for leaves when laid In noon-day dreams From my wings are shaken dews that waken Sweet birds rocked to rest on their mother's breast As she dances about the sun ~pbs

"Happy Valentine's Day!" - The Universe

I ponder, "What is hell?" I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love. ~Father Zossima

A photograph by Félix Thiollier (c. 1899)—quite possibly my favourite photograph of all time

The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts. ~Marcus Aurelius

As the soul lingered in prayer, the Spirit of Love gently drew aside the veil of earthly things, allowing her to behold a little, radiant Child crowned with thorns, who watches over all creation, sustaining the world in being.

The sun cast its light And each leaf became a lantern.

I love you so fiercely that you can read each poem right from my eyes

there's no sensible way of swooning

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Glenn Gould - Beethoven, Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor op. 31/2 "The Te... youtu.be/RPDBcdDGrnE?si… via YouTube

Might we all be graced to disinter the exquisite freedom only evinced in the necessary constraints of refinement permeated by the grave burdens of our uniqueness

When I leave this body, people will ask– what did he do with his life? I knew you, Beloved. That was enough. ~Jalal al-Din Rumi (translated by Haleh Liza Gafori)

he is her roots she is his wings #eightwords #chagall

The sanest thing in this world is love. ~Anne Sexton