A quotation from Goethe

We must remember that there are many men who, without being productive, are anxious to say something important, and the results are most curious.
 
[Man muß bedenken, daß unter den Menschen gar viele sind, die doch auch etwas Bedeutendes sagen wollen, ohne produktiv zu sein, und da kommen die wunderlichsten Dinge an den Tag.]

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, statesman, scientist
Sprüche in Prosa: Maximen und Reflexionen [Proverbs in Prose: Maxims and Reflections] (1833) [tr. Saunders (1893), “Literature and Art,” #415]

Sourcing, notes, alternate translations: wist.info/goethe-johann/76028/

Burn away, wholly for the sake of the Well-Beloved, the veil of self with the flame of the undying Fire, and with faces joyous and beaming with light, associate with your neighbor.

Bahá’u’lláh
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 147.
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"What you seek...

is seeking you..."

Wisdom is God's Emissary and the Revealer of His Name the Omniscient. Through it the loftiness of man's station is made manifest and evident.

Bahá'u'lláh
Tablets of Baha'u'llah, p. 66
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Science is more than a body of knowledge, it's a way of thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the universe with a fine understanding of human fallibility. If we are not able to ask skeptical questions, to interrogate those who tell us something is true, to be skeptical of those in authority, then we're up for grabs for the next charlatan — political or religious — who comes ambling along. The people have to be educated, and they have to practice their skepticism and their education otherwise we don't run the government, the government runs us.
-- Carl Sagan

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy ... says of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation products that "it is very easy to be blinded to the essential uselessness of them by the sense of achievement you get from getting them to work at all."

Bahá’u’lláh has announced that the foundation of all the religions of God is one, that oneness is truth and truth is oneness which does not admit of plurality. This teaching is new and specialized to this Manifestation.

‘Abdu’l-Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, p. 453
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"Man's speech is the revealer of his heart. In whatever world the heart travels, man's conversation will revolve around that center. From his words you can understand in what world he is traveling, whether he is looking upward toward the realm of light or downward to the nether world, whether he is mindful or unaware, whether he is awake or asleep, whether he is alive or dead. …”

'Abdu'l-Bahá, July 25, 1914:
Star of the West, Vol. VIII, No. 2, pp. 24-25
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With the most recent online trend of having AI generated images sort of resembling the art style of Studio Ghibli, nothing sums things up more than this quote by Hayao Miyazaki on similar technology from several years ago:

"I can't watch this stuff and find [it] interesting. Whoever creates this stuff has no idea what pain is whatsoever. I am utterly disgusted. If you really want to make creepy stuff, you can go ahead and do it. I would never wish to incorporate this technology into my work at all."

Which also brings to mind this quote by Guillermo del Toro, said during a conversation with the British Film Institute, where he also, interestingly enough, references Miyazaki and his work later on:

“I saw a demo of AI and I thought oh that's what people think animation is, giving prompts and the computer does it. You know, but AI has demonstrated that it can do semi-compelling screensavers. That's essentially that. The value of art is not how much it costs and how little effort it requires, it’s how much would you risk to be in its presence. How much would people pay for those screensavers? Are they going to make them cry because they lost a son? A mother? Because they misspent their youth? Fuck no!”

More personal rambling on why only human art is art here:
https://www.fringemagnet.net/2025/03/artificially-generated-colourful-empty.html

Full Guillermo del Toro video here: https://youtu.be/TlC9sxUu2l0?si=a2LTgwngUfSn1vvR&t=1606

The divine Prophets are as the coming of spring, each renewing and quickening the teachings of the Prophet Who came before Him. Just as all seasons of spring are essentially one as to newness of life, vernal showers and beauty, so the essence of the mission and accomplishment of all the Prophets is one and the same.

‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
The Promulgation of Universal Peace, # 49
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Wordle keys #Wordletrek
See what you mean about keys Spock
Click and the door opens when you find the key

Think Lord of the rings breaking into the Mine's of Moria sir

'Speak friend and enter'

Yes a bit like our solving of work problems Spock

Seen in Toronto.

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You write in order to change the world, knowing perfectly well that you probably can't... The world changes according to the way people see it, and if you alter, even by a millimeter, the way a person looks at reality, then you can change it.
-- James Baldwin

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Variations of color, of land and of race are of no importance in the Bahá’í Faith; on the contrary, Bahá’í unity overcometh them all and doeth away with all these fancies and imaginations.

Selections from the Writings of ‘Abdu’l‑Bahá
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Everything that exists, yearns to live. That’s what the cycle of life is all about. That’s the engine that drives the great biological pumps of evolution. Everything tries to inch its way up the tree, clawing or tentacling or sliming its way up to the next niche until it gets to the very top – which, on the whole, never seems to have been worth all that effort.
(Reaper Man)

By My Self! The day is approaching when We will have rolled up the world and all that is therein, and spread out a new order in its stead. He, verily, is powerful over all things.

Bahá’u’lláh
Gleanings from the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, no. 143.
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Phew.. hidden words escape me Spock #Wordletrek
Anyway Spock my bookish brain noticed a famous 39 Steps quote

'Death is the only absolute certainty in life'

And your dicing with it all the time sir

Thanks Spock

Not a compliment Captain

No love, no friendship can cross the path of our destiny without leaving some mark on it forever.
-- Francois Mauriac

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"The insurance business is completely screwy now. You know they've reintroduced the death penalty for insurance company directors?"
"Really?" said Arthur. "No, I didn't. For what offense?"
Trillian frowned.
"What do you mean, offense?"
"I see."