Tuesday, February 07, 2006

The Inspiration of God

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

I like words. Big words. Little words.

I like reading words. Not just books but dictionaries and thesauruses.

I like learning the meaning of words too.

I looked up enthusiasm in the dictionary. It comes from the Latin word enthusiasmus which is derived from the Greek word enthousiasmos “to be inspired by a god.” We can break it down even further to entheos “having the god within”

Here’s my take on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s quote –

“Nothing great was ever achieved without “the inspiration of God.”

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