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In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
In creating, the only hard thing is to begin: a grass blade's no easier to make than an oak.
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and read more
The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden.
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because read more
Wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair and all the terrible things that happen to us, come because actually deserve them? So now I take comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of the Universe
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. read more
A human being is a part of the whole, called by us Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings as something separated from the rest--a kind of optical delusion of his consciousness. This delusion is a kind of prison, restricting us to our personal desires and to affection for a few persons nearest to us. Our task must be to free from this prison by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole nature in its beauty.
There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, read more
There must be a positive and negative in everything in the universe in order to complete a circuit or circle, without which there would be no activity, no motion
Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
Everything is perfect in the universe - even your desire to improve it.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
I find hope in the darkest of days, and focus in the brightest. I do not judge the universe.
If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.
If there is nothing wrong with me, maybe there's something wrong with the universe.
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others read more
The reason why the universe is eternal is that it does not live for itself; it gives life to others as it transforms
