| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from The Tanach: Proverbs 26: 4 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like unto him.
Proverbs 26: 5 Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.
Proverbs 26: 6 He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off his own feet, and drinketh damage.
Proverbs 26: 7 The legs hang limp from the lame; so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26: 8 As a small stone in a heap of stones, so is he that giveth honour to a fool.
Proverbs 26: 9 As a thorn that cometh into the hand of a drunkard, so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
Proverbs 26: 10 A master performeth all things; but he that stoppeth a fool is as one that stoppeth a flood.
Proverbs 26: 11 As a dog that returneth to his vomit, so is a fool that repeateth his folly.
Proverbs 26: 12 Seest thou a man wise in his own eyes? there is more hope of a fool than of him.
Proverbs 26: 13 The sluggard saith: 'There is a lion in the way; yea, a lion is in the streets.'
Proverbs 26: 14 The door is turning upon its hinges, and the sluggard is still upon his bed.
The Tanach |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Lesser Bourgeoisie by Honore de Balzac: The English woman seems to have made it known during dinner that,
having no heirs, her fortune, after the lives of herself and her
husband, will go to Felix. That will make him powerfully rich one
of these days.
La Peyrade had risen and was striding about the room with rapid steps.
"Well," said Corentin, "what is the matter with you?"
"Nothing."
"That is not true," said the great detective. "I think you envy the
happiness of that young man. My dear fellow, permit me to tell you
that if such a conclusion were to your taste, you should have acted as
he has done. When I sent you two thousand francs on which to study
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy: "I don't know myself," Natasha answered quickly, "but I should not
like to do anything you disapproved of. I believe in you completely.
You don't know how important you are to me, how much you've done for
me...." She spoke rapidly and did not notice how Pierre flushed at her
words. "I saw in that same army order that he, Bolkonski" (she
whispered the name hastily), "is in Russia, and in the army again.
What do you think?"- she was speaking hurriedly, evidently afraid
her strength might fail her- "Will he ever forgive me? Will he not
always have a bitter feeling toward me? What do you think? What do you
think?"
"I think..." Pierre replied, "that he has nothing to forgive....
War and Peace |
