Becky
@beekyhd.bsky.social
Mostly haiku, but I also dabble in cats, flowers, pretty things, and probably accounting.
November 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
secret santa
correctly guessing
that it’s books
correctly guessing
that it’s books
November 9, 2025 at 4:03 PM
secret santa
correctly guessing
that it’s books
correctly guessing
that it’s books
my mother's cousin's
Christmas card
still displayed
Christmas card
still displayed
November 8, 2025 at 5:48 PM
my mother's cousin's
Christmas card
still displayed
Christmas card
still displayed
forget-me-nots
the second time
I google the name
(From a ginko a couple years back)
the second time
I google the name
(From a ginko a couple years back)
November 8, 2025 at 5:27 PM
forget-me-nots
the second time
I google the name
(From a ginko a couple years back)
the second time
I google the name
(From a ginko a couple years back)
What caught me in the quote that I highlighted was the impermanence of man, as well as the joy and meaning of knowing it is so.
He continues, “Thus all our dignity consists in thought. … Let us then strive to think well, that is the basis of morality.”
The heaviness of vapour or a drop of water…
He continues, “Thus all our dignity consists in thought. … Let us then strive to think well, that is the basis of morality.”
The heaviness of vapour or a drop of water…
November 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
What caught me in the quote that I highlighted was the impermanence of man, as well as the joy and meaning of knowing it is so.
He continues, “Thus all our dignity consists in thought. … Let us then strive to think well, that is the basis of morality.”
The heaviness of vapour or a drop of water…
He continues, “Thus all our dignity consists in thought. … Let us then strive to think well, that is the basis of morality.”
The heaviness of vapour or a drop of water…
Worth a read, though VERY 1600s Christian.
Some other Pascal highlights:
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. (421/277)
Too much and too little wine.
Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing. (38/71)
Some other Pascal highlights:
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. (421/277)
Too much and too little wine.
Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing. (38/71)
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Worth a read, though VERY 1600s Christian.
Some other Pascal highlights:
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. (421/277)
Too much and too little wine.
Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing. (38/71)
Some other Pascal highlights:
The heart has its reasons of which reason knows nothing. (421/277)
Too much and too little wine.
Do not give him any, he cannot find the truth. Give him too much; the same thing. (38/71)
I do not think Pascal would disagree, although he would frame it in terms of (Christian) God:
“… man is capable of love and knowledge.”
“Everything [in the Bible] which does not lead to charity is figurative. The sole object of Scripture is charity.”
Although he did seem to find life “wretched”
“… man is capable of love and knowledge.”
“Everything [in the Bible] which does not lead to charity is figurative. The sole object of Scripture is charity.”
Although he did seem to find life “wretched”
November 6, 2025 at 8:00 AM
I do not think Pascal would disagree, although he would frame it in terms of (Christian) God:
“… man is capable of love and knowledge.”
“Everything [in the Bible] which does not lead to charity is figurative. The sole object of Scripture is charity.”
Although he did seem to find life “wretched”
“… man is capable of love and knowledge.”
“Everything [in the Bible] which does not lead to charity is figurative. The sole object of Scripture is charity.”
Although he did seem to find life “wretched”
I must have done that doodle some 20 years ago. It's quite fun to look back at old books and find marginalia like that!
I also seemed to write "Wtf?" Several times 😂
I also seemed to write "Wtf?" Several times 😂
November 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
I must have done that doodle some 20 years ago. It's quite fun to look back at old books and find marginalia like that!
I also seemed to write "Wtf?" Several times 😂
I also seemed to write "Wtf?" Several times 😂
"There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush [man]: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler, because he knows he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows none of this."
November 5, 2025 at 10:12 PM
"There is no need for the whole universe to take up arms to crush [man]: a vapour, a drop of water is enough to kill him. But even if the universe were to crush him, man would still be nobler, because he knows he is dying and the advantage the universe has over him. The universe knows none of this."