One cannot long remain so absorbed in contemplation of emptiness without being increasingly attracted to it. In vain one bestows on it the name of infinity; this does not change its nature. When one feels such pleasure in non-existence, one's inclination can be completely satisfied only by completely ceasing to exist.
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Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.
Only one thing is certain -- that is, nothing is certain. If this statement is true, it is also false.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Do everything with a mind that lets go. Do not expect praise or reward.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
Every day you waste is one you can never make up.
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar read more
I admire people who are suited to the contemplative life. They can sit inside themselves like honey in a jar and just be. It's wonderful to have someone like that around, you always feel you can count on them. You can go away and come back, you can change your mind and your hairdo and your politics, and when you get through doing all these upsetting things, you look around and there they are, just the way they were, just being.
We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that read more
We delight in one knowable thing, which comprehends all that is knowable; in one apprehensible, which draws together all that can be apprehended; in a single being that includes all, above all in the one which is itself the all.
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.
Rules of society are nothing; ones conscience is the umpire.
He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.
He who helps in the saving of others, Saves himself as well.
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, read more
Memory depends very much on the perspicuity, regularity, and order of our thoughts. Many complain of the want of memory, when the defect is in the judgment; and others, by grasping at all, retain nothing.
our day will come is another way of saying you get yours.
our day will come is another way of saying you get yours.
