Monday, February 19, 2007

The Meaning of Life

"For one human being to love another: that is perhaps the most difficult of our tasks; the ultimate, the last test and proof, the work for which all other work is but preparation."
- Rainer Maria Rilke

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Amazing Grace

"A high station in life is earned by the gallantry with which appalling experiences are survived with grace."
- Tennessee Williams

The Black Box in the Nursery

When HAL 9000 calmly informed Dave Bowman that the mission was too important to allow human interference, Arthur C. Clarke wasn’t merely pre...