"When men are pure, laws are useless; when men are corrupt, laws are broken." (Benjamin Disraeli, "Contarini Fleming", 1832)
"Every human perfection is linked to an error which it threatens to become." (Arthur Schopenhauer, "Parerga and Paralipomena", 1851)
"We are responsible to ourselves for our own existence; consequently we want to be the true helmsman of this existence and refuse to allow our existence to resemble a mindless act of chance." (Friedrich Nietzsche, "Untimely Meditations", 1873)
"[The] restoration of the past is one of the most astonishing adventures of the human mind." (Herbert G Wells, "The Grisly Folk", Storyteller Magazine, 1921)
"There is a special sadness in achievement, in the knowledge that a long-desired goal has been attained at last, and that life must now be shaped toward new ends." (Arthur C Clarke, "The City And The Stars", 1956)
"The more a man knows about himself in relation to every kind of experience, the greater his chance of suddenly, one fine morning, realizing who in fact he is [...]" (Aldous Huxley, "Island", 1962)
"All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience." (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
"Happiness depends more on the inward disposition of mind than on outward circumstances." (Benjamin Franklin)
"Many people dedicate their lives to actualizing a concept of what they should be like, rather than actualizing themselves. This difference between self-actualization and self-image actualization is very important. Most people live only for their image." (Bruce Lee)
"Wisdom is the only thing which can relieve us from the sway of the passions and the fear of danger, and which can teach us to bear the injuries of fortune itself with moderation, and which shows us all the ways which lead to tranquility and peace." (Cicero Marcus Tullius)
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21 March 2020
22 July 2017
Week 2017-29
"If you are looking for a friend who is faultless, you will be friendless." (Rumi)
"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness." (Mary Oliver)
"A snowflake never falls in the wrong place." (Zen saying)
"It is useless to fight against people’s rigid ways, or to argue against their irrational concepts. You will only waste time and make yourself rigid in the process. The best strategy is to simply accept rigidity in others, outwardly displaying deference to their need for order. On your own, however, you must work to maintain your open spirit, letting go of bad habits and deliberately cultivating new ideas." (Robert Greene)
"In this world which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way — and if we are to live together and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet." (Bertrand Russell)
"Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there - in the imperfection is perfect reality." (Shunryū Suzuki)
"We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless." (Rumi)
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." (Khalil Gibran)
"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world." (Marianne Williamson)
"We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding." (Edward Teller)
"This is the first, wildest, and wisest thing I know, that the soul exists and that it is built entirely out of attentiveness." (Mary Oliver)
"A snowflake never falls in the wrong place." (Zen saying)
"It is useless to fight against people’s rigid ways, or to argue against their irrational concepts. You will only waste time and make yourself rigid in the process. The best strategy is to simply accept rigidity in others, outwardly displaying deference to their need for order. On your own, however, you must work to maintain your open spirit, letting go of bad habits and deliberately cultivating new ideas." (Robert Greene)
"In this world which is getting more and more closely interconnected, we have to learn to tolerate each other, we have to learn to put up with the fact that some people say things that we don’t like. We can only live together in that way — and if we are to live together and not die together, we must learn a kind of charity and a kind of tolerance, which is absolutely vital to the continuation of human life on this planet." (Bertrand Russell)
"Nothing we see or hear is perfect. But right there - in the imperfection is perfect reality." (Shunryū Suzuki)
"We rarely hear the inward music, but we're all dancing to it nevertheless." (Rumi)
"Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars." (Khalil Gibran)
"The practice of forgiveness is our most important contribution to the healing of the world." (Marianne Williamson)
"We must learn to live with contradictions, because they lead to deeper and more effective understanding." (Edward Teller)
24 June 2017
Week 2017-25
[#discovery, #models]
"We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform to our own or to other people's models, learn to be ourselves, and allow our natural channel to open." (Shakti Gawain)
[#complexity, #simplicity]
"Reduce the complexity of life by eliminating the needless wants of life, and the labors of life reduce themselves." (Edwin Way Teale)
[#learning, #perfection]
"Perfecting oneself is as much unlearning as it is learning." (Edsger W. Dijkstra)
[#complexity, #simplicity]
"Great truths are simple because they are of universal application. Truth itself is always simple. Complexity is due to man's ignorance." (Swami Vivekananda)
[#gaia]
"Constantly regard the universe as a single living being, having one substance and one soul; observe how all creation relates to the cosmic consciousness of this one living being. Observe too how everything moves with its impulse, working together to create all events, continuously spinning its delicate thread in the amazing complexity of its web." (Marcus Aurelius)
[#peacefulness, #change]
"Peace of mind comes from not wanting to change others, but by simply accepting them as they are. True acceptance is always without demands and expectations." (Dr. Gerald Jampolsky, "Love Is Letting Go of Fear", 1979)
[#illness, #human nature]
"Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against Nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear." (Hippocrates)
[#self control, #strength]
"You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength." (Marcus Aurelius)
[#acceptance]
"When faced with any difficulty of life, resolve it by following these four steps: face it, accept it, deal with it and let it go." (Sheng Yen)
[#learning #acceptance]
"Reading doesn’t mean accepting everything you read, it means reasoning everything you read." (Amit Kalantri)
15 April 2017
Week 2017-15
"If we do not believe within ourselves this deeply rooted feeling that there is something higher than ourselves, we shall never find the strength to evolve into something higher." (Rudolf Steiner)
"We come to love not by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." (Sam Keen)
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't." (Blaise Pascal)
"Student: Master tell me, is death the end or is it the beginning?
Master: Tell me, is the water in the river which flows, new or old?" (Zen story)
"True spirituality is to be aware that if we are interdependent with everything and everyone else, even the smallest, least significant thought, word and action has real consequences throughout the universe." (Sogyal Rinpoche)
"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
"Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light." (Norman B. Rice)
"Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men." (Benjamin Disraeli)
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." (Umberto Eco)
"We come to love not by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly." (Sam Keen)
"A man should learn to detect and watch that gleam of light which flashes across his mind from within." (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
"In faith there is enough light for those who want to believe and enough shadows to blind those who don't." (Blaise Pascal)
"Student: Master tell me, is death the end or is it the beginning?
Master: Tell me, is the water in the river which flows, new or old?" (Zen story)
"True spirituality is to be aware that if we are interdependent with everything and everyone else, even the smallest, least significant thought, word and action has real consequences throughout the universe." (Sogyal Rinpoche)
"He who has a why to live for can bear almost any how." (Friedrich Nietzsche)
"Dare to reach out your hand into the darkness, to pull another hand into the light." (Norman B. Rice)
"Man is not the creature of circumstances. Circumstances are the creatures of men." (Benjamin Disraeli)
"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth." (Umberto Eco)
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