the strong man holds in a living blend strongly marked opposites.
the idealists are usually not realistic,
and the realists are not usually idealistic.
the militant are not generally known to be passive,
nor the passive to be militant.
seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self-assertive humble.
but life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in
fruitful harmony. the philosopher hegel said that truth is
found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis,
but in the emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.
-martin luther king jr.
and quoted by john sage, founder of pura vida coffee
in a lecture i heard at eastern last friday
the idealists are usually not realistic,
and the realists are not usually idealistic.
the militant are not generally known to be passive,
nor the passive to be militant.
seldom are the humble self-assertive, or the self-assertive humble.
but life at its best is a creative synthesis of opposites in
fruitful harmony. the philosopher hegel said that truth is
found neither in the thesis nor the antithesis,
but in the emergent synthesis which reconciles the two.
-martin luther king jr.
and quoted by john sage, founder of pura vida coffee
in a lecture i heard at eastern last friday
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