Quoting reputed authors is not only necessary for the preservation of culture, but also for the preservation of intelligence and good quality conversation. I came from a recent conversation with some people about particular authors, namely Paul of the Bible and Plato. This conversation was not only enlightening but it taught me that there are too few conversations that actually stimulate my brain cells into action and want to know even more of what the world of our grandfathers thought like. How is it that the power of the mind can cure itself of mental affliction and we still suffer from bi-polar disorder? I wish I could say that it wasn't an issue in our ancestor's time, but the glaringly obvious example of Saul strikes that one out.
One author will always be a favorite with me, though she doesn't write with a particular philosophical air she does write with a measure of wisdom (I don't mean myself -- yet). Jane Austen once wrote:
"There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it."
This quote became a favorite when I went through a series of disappointments and realized that people are not the rock on which I can lean when I'm in trouble.
And then there's my burning desire to do something big. I feel like I was created for something special -- mostly because I can't stand the thought of becoming something mediocre. God created me and drew up a blue print of my life and has my wiring figured out... yet I stop more than periodically to wonder if my life, who I am, what I'm doing, my mindset, my relationships with people, my love, my sacrifice (Rom 12:1), my decisions; is any of it worth Calvary? Or will I eventually become another one of those of whom I cannot think well?
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