Perennial Quotes

“The man who wishes to know the "that" which is "thou" may set to work in any one of three ways. He may begin by looking inwards into his own particular thou and, by a process of "dying to self" --- self in reasoning, self in willing, self in feeling --- come at last to knowledge of the self, the kingdom of the self, the kingdom of God that is within. Or else he may begin with the thous existing outside himself, and may try to realize their essential unity with God and, through God, with one another and with his own being. Or, finally (and this is doubtless the best way), he may seek to approach the ultimate That both from within and from without, so that he comes to realize God experimentally as at once the principle of his own thou and of all other thous, animate and inanimate.”

“Daisies are perennials”

“...only the philosophical question is perennial, not the answers.”

“New York's perennial attraction was shopping.”

“The perennial sadness of a girl who is both death and the maiden.”

“Sufism is experience, and hence not to be defined – imprisoned – in perennial, static categories.”

“In this atmosphere Where you have to go perennially crazy only to survive, Which auspicious moment should I choose to become mad?”

“The most twisted but perennial of American myths is that everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. (p. 174)”

“Fear of losing is what makes competitors so great. Show me a gracious loser and I'll show you a perennial loser.”