| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Essays of Francis Bacon by Francis Bacon: the trust of giving counsel. For in other con-
fidences, men commit the parts of life; their lands,
their goods, their children, their credit, some par-
ticular affair; but to such as they make their coun-
sellors, they commit the whole: by how much the
more, they are obliged to all faith and integrity.
The wisest princes need not think it any diminu-
tion to their greatness, or derogation to their suf-
ficiency, to rely upon counsel. God himself is not
without, but hath made it one of the great names
of his blessed Son: The Counsellor. Solomon hath
Essays of Francis Bacon |
The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The Rig Veda: who dwell
together in the same abode,
By night as in the day the grey one was born young, passing
untouched
by eld through many an age of man.
5 Him the ten fingers, the devotions. animate: we mortals call
on him
a God to give us help.
He speeds over the sloping surface of the land: new deeds hath
he
performed with those who gird him round.
The Rig Veda |
The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank Baum: put that sign upon the fountain, where it has remained for many
centuries up to this very day."
They had all listened intently to Ozma's story, and when she finished
speaking there was a long period of silence while all thought upon the
curious magical power of the Water of Oblivion.
Finally the Scarecrow's painted face took on a broad smile that
stretched the cloth as far as it would go.
"How thankful I am," he said, "that I have such an excellent
assortment of brains!"
"I gave you the best brains I ever mixed," declared the Wizard,
with an air of pride.
The Emerald City of Oz |
