First, it is a commitment to particularism, to giving priority to the specificity of particulars, not to abstractions and generalities that divert our attention away from concrete realities. Idealizations tend to be partial and distorting, obscuring ...
There are landscapes in which we feel above us not sky but space. Something larger, deeper than sky is sensed, is seen, although in such settings the sky itself is invariably immense. There is a place between the cerebrum and the stars where sky stop...
That was the only reason I let her stay extra time at the park the next day. We were not waiting for anyone in particular to show up or hoping for anyone in particular to show up. I mean, she’s a . She didn’t care if she was wrestling a stick fro...
The reality that I had known no longer existed. The places that we have known belong now only to the little world of space on which we map them for our own convenience. None of them was ever more than a thin slice, held between the contiguous impress...
Did you know, that one night; one moonless, clear, shining night; with the shadowy silhouettes of trees crisp against the star-filled sky – I, on the high, level terrace of my flat, stretched out my hand! Against all odds and possibilities of unbel...
And even though the resurrection of Jesus, by itself, is meaningless apart from the unfolding biblical drama that begins with creation and leads to the consummation, nevertheless, by beginning with this unique event in history, we are led to a partic...
We don't need to have just one favorite. We keep adding favorites. Our favorite book is always the book that speaks most directly to us at a particular stage in our lives. And our lives change. We have other favorites that give us what we most need a...
Sometimes you must be cruel to be kind.
All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.
In particular, I studied German and Russian biomechanics.
There's nothing tantric about my particular view on life.
In heaven an angel is nobody in particular.
I've never been a particular fan of any genre.
It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular.
A kind word is like a Spring day.
All of the full moons for the entire year are special in that they have particular names.
If particulars are to have meaning, there must be universals.
Obligations may be universal or particular.
I never have particular actors planned when I'm in the process of writing.
The goodness of a thing created is the perfection of its fitness for the use which it serves. Now that use is either particular or universal.
Politicisation of terrorism for narrow gains is not good for society in general and the country in particular.