thought for the day

January 17th, 2006

Beauford Delaney apparently has said the following: “I don’t want to know whom people descend from. I want to know what they are ascending to.”

When people ask me next time, I will say: “I don’t want to know where you or I am coming from. I want to know where we are going to.”

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  1. magdalena

    both directions are not only important but also interrelated. ‘coming from’ partly determines ‘going to.’ m

book and sword : gratitude and revenge

is the first novel written by Jin Yong. The protagonist is Chan Ka Lok, who is the leader of the Red Flower Society. The book title refers to Ka Lok being famous for being well-versed in culture and martial arts, but also for having to make a difficult ethical decision. My father named me and my brother after him.

The subtitle is from a poem Desiderata