Thursday, September 26, 2013

The Torchbearers of Humanity


"The souls of people, on their way to Earth-life, pass through a room of lights; each takes a taper - often only a spark - to guide it in the dim country of this world.  But some souls, by rare fortune, are detained longer - have time to grasp a handful of tapers, which they weave into a torch.  These are the torchbearers of humanity - its poets, seers and saints, who lead and lift the race out of darkness, toward the light.  They are the lawgivers and the saviors, the light-bringers, wayshowers and truth-tellers, and without them, humanity would lose its way in the dark."   
-Plato

                                                                                                                               

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