Almost all men, and those that seem to be very miserable, love life, because they cannot bear to lose sight of such a beautiful and lovely world. The ideas, that every moment whilst we live have a beauty that we take not distinct notice of, brings a pleasure that, when we come to the trial, we had rather live in much pain and misery than lose.
- "The Beauty of the World" (c.1725), from the notebook The Images of Divine Things, The Shadows of Divine Things, The Language and Lessons of Nature (published 1948) by Jonathan Edwards The Works of Jonathan Edwards, volume 1 of 2, with active table of contents
Tim Keller tonight was saying Animals don't make art, they're too practical. They just want to survive. Often artists struggle with that, but what we do is so important- because if people were just rational, we'd just buy the cheapest thing in the supermarket, instead of the products that are better designed, that hit us emotionally or because it's green. So if there's a way to do what you love and impact people on a deeper level, and you know what you want, then it's a real blessing to be able to make a living that way.
"Man is the product of... the outcome of atoms" -Bertram Russell
"Stupidity of Dignity" by Steven Pinker (also wrote The Blank Slate: The Modern Denial of Human Nature
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