The Path of Vision
We are, in a word, drifting away from the path of vision. We no longer find joy, as did the ancients, in pure thought. Pragmatism and utilitarianism are our gods.
…We often choose the line of least resistance. We must be practical and we must have our creature comforts. Moreover, we expect, we insist upon, our reward within a certain time in the material things of the world.
… We are a practical people — very busy — in a hurry. We have no time for ethics. Experience is knowledge; but knowledge, when it is sought only as a material resource, is not always a blessing. Experience is wisdom; but wisdom, with those who lack vision, is not always power.
… A thought in the crucible of life melts into the thought of the world; the footsteps of a pioneer become ultimately the highway of a nation.
… Every human action, collective or otherwise, has in it the possibility of a creative or destructive force.
-Ameen Rihani
