Zoe

“Gnosticism is a system of thought based on interior, psychospiritual experience. This being the case, it is not surprising that Gnosticism emphasizes states of mind and regards actions as secondary in nature and importance. Gnostics have always held that consciousness, rather than external action, is the true indicator of moral worth.”
― Stephan A. Hoeller, Gnosticism: New Light on the Ancient Tradition of Inner Knowing

“The sea, the sea’s swell, silent and breathless.”
― Clarice Lispector, Near to the Wild Heart

“I had read it some time ago but was so completely immersed that I retained nothing. This has been an intermittent, lifelong enigma. Through early adolescence I sat and read for hours in a small grove of weed trees near the railroad track in Germantown. Like Gumby I would enter a book wholeheartedly and sometimes venture so deeply it was as if I were living within it. I finished many books in such a manner there, closing the covers ecstatically yet having no memory of the content by the time I returned home. This disturbed me but I kept this strange affliction to myself. I look at the covers of such books and their contents remain a mystery that I cannot bring myself to solve. Certain books I loved and lived within yet cannot remember.”
― Patti Smith, M Train

“I've made a lot of choices, some good, some not so good; how sad for those who merely hitchhike along, never daring to choose at all.”
― C.J. Heck, Anatomy of a Poet