"A faith that cannot survive collision with the truth is not worth many regrets." (Arthur C. Clarke)
"Truth is not to be found outside. No teacher, no scripture can give it to you. It is inside you and if you wish to attain it, seek your own company. Be with yourself." (Osho)
"People tend to assume everyone else should think the same way they do, and this contributes to much human misery." (Keith Cowan)
"The one real object of education is to leave a man in the condition of continually asking questions." (Bishop Mandell Creighton)
"A wise man takes a step at a time; he establishes one foot before he takes up the other: an old place should not be forsaken recklessly." (Sanskrit saying)
“No man learns to know his inmost nature by introspection, for he rates himself sometimes too low, and often too high, by his own measurement. Man knows himself only by comparing himself with other men; it is life that touches his genuine worth.” (Goethe)
“Flow with whatever is happening and let your mind be free. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. This is the ultimate.” (Chuang-Tzu)
“In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate.” (Rene Descartes)
“He is happiest, be he king or peasant, who finds peace in his home.” (Goethe)
“We all learn by experience, and your lesson this time is that you should never lose sight of the alternative.” (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Return of Sherlock Holmes”, 1905)
26 November 2017
19 November 2017
Week 2017-46
[#happiness, #love]
"Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it." (Bernard Meltzer)
[#illusion, #solitude]
"Man has the illusion that he talks with the entire world from his computer. He is actually alone." (Octavian Paler)
[#happiness, #attachment]
"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem." (Richard Bach)
[#action, #growth]
"If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today." (African saying)
[#knowledge, #action]
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." (Maya Angelou)
[#mastery, #growth]
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” (Ronald E. Osborn)
[#love, #completeness]
"We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.” (Richard Henry Stoddard)
[#happiness, #timing]
"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” (William Feather)
[#perception, #learning]
"Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do not recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.” (Waite Phillips)
[#hardship, #learning]
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass – it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” (Anon)
"Happiness is like a kiss. You must share it to enjoy it." (Bernard Meltzer)
[#illusion, #solitude]
"Man has the illusion that he talks with the entire world from his computer. He is actually alone." (Octavian Paler)
[#happiness, #attachment]
"If your happiness depends on what somebody else does, I guess you do have a problem." (Richard Bach)
[#action, #growth]
"If you wish to move mountains tomorrow, you must start by lifting stones today." (African saying)
[#knowledge, #action]
"Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better." (Maya Angelou)
[#mastery, #growth]
"Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you will never grow.” (Ronald E. Osborn)
[#love, #completeness]
"We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are.” (Richard Henry Stoddard)
[#happiness, #timing]
"Plenty of people miss their share of happiness, not because they never found it, but because they didn’t stop to enjoy it.” (William Feather)
[#perception, #learning]
"Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do not recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.” (Waite Phillips)
[#hardship, #learning]
"Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass – it’s about learning to dance in the rain.” (Anon)
14 November 2017
Week 2017-45
"In the end, we will conserve only what we love, we will love only what we understand, we will understand only what we are taught." (Baba Dioum)
"Humanity seeks self-sufficiency, while nature demands relationship. Humanity wants to be invulnerable, but nature reminds it that it is bonded to all other things." (Jeremy Rifkin)
"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes." (George Sand)
"The wind blows over the lake and stirs the surface of the water. Thus, visible effects of the invisible are manifest." (I Ching)
"There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore be content." (Swami Sivananda)
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." (George Orwell)
"People who pride themselves on their 'complexity' and deride others for being 'simplistic' should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth." (Thomas Sowell)
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." (Goethe)
"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn." (Ray Bradbury)
"Humanity seeks self-sufficiency, while nature demands relationship. Humanity wants to be invulnerable, but nature reminds it that it is bonded to all other things." (Jeremy Rifkin)
"The whole secret of the study of nature lies in learning how to use one’s eyes." (George Sand)
"The wind blows over the lake and stirs the surface of the water. Thus, visible effects of the invisible are manifest." (I Ching)
"There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore be content." (Swami Sivananda)
"Happiness can exist only in acceptance." (George Orwell)
"People who pride themselves on their 'complexity' and deride others for being 'simplistic' should realize that the truth is often not very complicated. What gets complex is evading the truth." (Thomas Sowell)
"The soul that sees beauty may sometimes walk alone." (Goethe)
"If you hide your ignorance, no one will hit you, and you'll never learn." (Ray Bradbury)
Week 2017-44
"The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational." (A. N. Wilson)
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." (G. M. Trevelyan)
"Some people study all their life, and at their death have learned everything but to think." (Demergu Dewar)
"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it." (Rabindranath Tagore)
"The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas." (George Santayana)
"An educated mind is useless without a focused will, and dangerous without a loving heart." (Winfried Deijmann)
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost." (Khalil Gibran)
"Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck." (Frank Herbert)
"One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret." (Barry Lopez)
"Education... has produced a vast population able to read but unable to distinguish what is worth reading." (G. M. Trevelyan)
"Some people study all their life, and at their death have learned everything but to think." (Demergu Dewar)
"A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it." (Rabindranath Tagore)
"The great difficulty in education is to get experience out of ideas." (George Santayana)
"An educated mind is useless without a focused will, and dangerous without a loving heart." (Winfried Deijmann)
"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it." (Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Between what is said and not meant, and what is meant and not said, most of love is lost." (Khalil Gibran)
"Confine yourself to observing and you always miss the point of your life. The object can be stated this way: Live the best life you can. Life is a game whose rules you learn if you leap into it and play it to the hilt. Otherwise, you are caught off balance, continually surprised by the shifting play. Non-players often whine and complain that luck always passes them by. They refuse to see that they can create some of their own luck." (Frank Herbert)
"One of the great dreams of man must be to find some place between the extremes of nature and civilization where it is possible to live without regret." (Barry Lopez)
28 October 2017
Week 2017-43
"The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do." (Michael Porter)
"The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined." (Joseph Priestley)
"One of the elementary rules of nature is that, in the absence of a law prohibiting an event or phenomenon, it is bound to occur with some degree of probability. To put it simply and crudely: Anything that can happen does happen." (Kenneth W Ford)
"To choose a road, to stop habitually and ask whether you have not gone astray, that is the true method.” (Louis Pasteur)
"Responsibility is not doing as we are told, that's obedience. Responsibility is doing what is right.” (Simon Sinek)
"The adventurer is within us, and he contests for our favor with the social man we are obliged to be." (William Bolitho)
"We search for ways to see ourselves. The computer is a new mirror, the first psychological machine. Beyond its nature as an analytical engine lies its second nature as an evocative object." (Sherry Turkle)
"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in." (Alan Alda)
“He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign." (Victor Hugo)
"Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That’s called doing your homework." (Jim Rohn)
"The greater is the circle of light, the greater is the boundary of the darkness by which it is confined." (Joseph Priestley)
"One of the elementary rules of nature is that, in the absence of a law prohibiting an event or phenomenon, it is bound to occur with some degree of probability. To put it simply and crudely: Anything that can happen does happen." (Kenneth W Ford)
"To choose a road, to stop habitually and ask whether you have not gone astray, that is the true method.” (Louis Pasteur)
"Responsibility is not doing as we are told, that's obedience. Responsibility is doing what is right.” (Simon Sinek)
"The adventurer is within us, and he contests for our favor with the social man we are obliged to be." (William Bolitho)
"We search for ways to see ourselves. The computer is a new mirror, the first psychological machine. Beyond its nature as an analytical engine lies its second nature as an evocative object." (Sherry Turkle)
"Iron rusts from disuse; stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen; even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind." (Leonardo da Vinci)
"Begin challenging your own assumptions. Your assumptions are your windows on the world. Scrub them off every once in awhile, or the light won’t come in." (Alan Alda)
“He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign." (Victor Hugo)
"Nothing is more powerful for your future than being a gatherer of good ideas and information. That’s called doing your homework." (Jim Rohn)
21 October 2017
Week 2017-42
"It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: what are we busy about?" (Henry David Thoreau)
"I’ve learned through a series of trials and errors that the median space is actually what's missing in our daily walk." (Carlos Wallace)
"There is no such thing as a miracle which violates natural law. There are only occurrences which violate our limited knowledge of natural law." (Saint Augustine)
"The world is a projection of your mind. Good mind, good world. Bad mind, bad world. No mind, no world." (Swami Parthasarathy)
"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong." (H. L. Mencken)
"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." (Pablo Picasso)
"The future is nothing but a present to organize. You do not have to forecast it, but to allow it." ( Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." (Mary Oliver)
"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast on nature." (Jacob Bronowski, Universities Quarterly, 1956)
"The hours when we are absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live [...] .These are the only hours that absorb the soul and fill it with beauty. This is real life, and all else is illusion, or mere endurance." ( Richard Jefferies )
"I’ve learned through a series of trials and errors that the median space is actually what's missing in our daily walk." (Carlos Wallace)
"There is no such thing as a miracle which violates natural law. There are only occurrences which violate our limited knowledge of natural law." (Saint Augustine)
"The world is a projection of your mind. Good mind, good world. Bad mind, bad world. No mind, no world." (Swami Parthasarathy)
"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem - neat, plausible, and wrong." (H. L. Mencken)
"There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality." (Pablo Picasso)
"The future is nothing but a present to organize. You do not have to forecast it, but to allow it." ( Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)
"Keep some room in your heart for the unimaginable." (Mary Oliver)
"Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast on nature." (Jacob Bronowski, Universities Quarterly, 1956)
"The hours when we are absorbed by beauty are the only hours when we really live [...] .These are the only hours that absorb the soul and fill it with beauty. This is real life, and all else is illusion, or mere endurance." ( Richard Jefferies )
14 October 2017
Week 2017-41
"Don't limit a child to your own learning, for he was born in another time." (Rabindranath Tagore)
"The knowledge which lies behind is our natural help to that which lies before." (Peter M Latham)
"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where belief stops, because it isn’t needed any more." (Terry Pratchett)
"Knowing what you know, be serene also, like a mountain; and do not be distressed by misfortune. Knowledge without serenity is an unlit candle; together they are honey-comb; honey without wax is a noble thing; wax without honey is only fit for burning." (Hakim Sanai)
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K. Dick)
"The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give." (Philip K. Dick)
"Search a beautiful heart, not a beautiful face. Beautiful things are not always good, but good things are always beautiful." (Sufi saying)
"Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and being comfortable with not knowing." (Eckhart Tolle)
"A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life." (Winston Churchill)
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." (Albert Einstein)
"The knowledge which lies behind is our natural help to that which lies before." (Peter M Latham)
"Seeing, contrary to popular wisdom, isn’t believing. It’s where belief stops, because it isn’t needed any more." (Terry Pratchett)
"Knowing what you know, be serene also, like a mountain; and do not be distressed by misfortune. Knowledge without serenity is an unlit candle; together they are honey-comb; honey without wax is a noble thing; wax without honey is only fit for burning." (Hakim Sanai)
"The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words." (Philip K. Dick)
"The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. No, the true measure of a man is this: how quickly can he respond to the needs of others and how much of himself he can give." (Philip K. Dick)
"Search a beautiful heart, not a beautiful face. Beautiful things are not always good, but good things are always beautiful." (Sufi saying)
"Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and being comfortable with not knowing." (Eckhart Tolle)
"A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life." (Winston Churchill)
"He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed." (Albert Einstein)
07 October 2017
Week 2017-40
"It’s good to have an end in mind but in the end what counts is how you travel." (Orna Ross)
"What is laid down, ordered, factual, is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup." (Boris Pasternak)
"The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself." (Michel de Montaigne)
"Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious." (D. T. Suzuki)
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony." (Thomas Merton)
"Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered." (Orson Scott Card, Xenocide, 1991)
"Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical." (Tim Ferriss)
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." (Nelson Mandela)
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence." (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
"Once you realize that the road is the goal, and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple. In itself an ecstasy." (Nisargadatta Maharaj
"What is laid down, ordered, factual, is never enough to embrace the whole truth: life always spills over the rim of every cup." (Boris Pasternak)
"The finest thing in the world is knowing how to belong to oneself." (Michel de Montaigne)
"Technical knowledge is not enough. One must transcend techniques so that the art becomes an artless art, growing out of the unconscious." (D. T. Suzuki)
"Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony." (Thomas Merton)
"Human beings do metamorphose. They change their identity constantly. However, each new identity thrives on the delusion that it was always in possession of the body it has just conquered." (Orson Scott Card, Xenocide, 1991)
"Reality is negotiable. Outside of science and law, all rules can be bent or broken, and it doesn’t require being unethical." (Tim Ferriss)
"There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered." (Nelson Mandela)
"The ability to observe without evaluating is the highest form of intelligence." (Jiddu Krishnamurti)
"Once you realize that the road is the goal, and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple. In itself an ecstasy." (Nisargadatta Maharaj
30 September 2017
Week 2017-39
"[...] the truth is strength that lies in the interior of the warrior: in his heart, his mind and his spirit [.] The heart is essential in helping the intellect to understand the spirit." (Miyamoto Musashi, “Book of Five Rings”)
"There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed." ( Shams Tabrizi )
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." (Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”)
"One is never so strong as when one is broken." (Hazrat Inayat Khan, “Thinking Like The Universe: The Sufi Path Of Awakening”)
"There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess." (Luis Marques, “Book of Orion”)
"I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can." ( Lucille Ball )
"If you go to thinking, take your heart with you. If you go to love, take your head with you. Love is empty without thinking, thinking hollow without love. (Carl Jung)
"Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation." (Humberto Maturana)
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt." (H. L. Mencken)
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." (Helen Keller)
"There are more fake guides, teachers in the world than stars. The real guide is the one who makes you see your inner beauty, not the one who wants to be admired and followed." ( Shams Tabrizi )
"It's the possibility of having a dream come true that makes life interesting." (Paulo Coelho, “The Alchemist”)
"One is never so strong as when one is broken." (Hazrat Inayat Khan, “Thinking Like The Universe: The Sufi Path Of Awakening”)
"There is no greater power than the one others do not believe you possess." (Luis Marques, “Book of Orion”)
"I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can." ( Lucille Ball )
"If you go to thinking, take your heart with you. If you go to love, take your head with you. Love is empty without thinking, thinking hollow without love. (Carl Jung)
"Only love expands intelligence. To live in love is to accept the other and the conditions of his existence as a source of richness, not as opposition, restriction or limitation." (Humberto Maturana)
"Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in their readiness to doubt." (H. L. Mencken)
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going." (Helen Keller)
23 September 2017
Week 2017-38
"The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper." (Eden Phillpotts, “A Shadow Passes”, 1918)
"Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world." (Schopenhauer)
"Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It has only a few things of a grandeur not fit for us." (Rainer Maria Rilke)
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart (Helen Keller )
"[Nansen:] The Way is not a matter of knowing or not knowing. Knowing is delusion; not knowing is confusion. When you have really reached the true Way beyond doubt, you will find it as vast and boundless as space. How can it be talked about on the level of right and wrong?" (Mumon Ekai, Mumonkan)
"The most inspiring leaders are not those who do their job, but those who pursue a calling." (Chris Gardner)
"If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams and endeavors to live the life they have imagined, they will meet with a success ‘unexpected in common hours’." (Henry David Thoreau)
"The miracle is that the universe created a part of itself to study the rest of it, and that this part in studying itself finds the rest of the universe in its own natural inner realities." (John C. Lilly)
"Everyone takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world." (Schopenhauer)
"Fate loves to invent patterns and designs. Its difficulty lies in complexity. But life itself is difficult because of its simplicity. It has only a few things of a grandeur not fit for us." (Rainer Maria Rilke)
"The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart (Helen Keller )
"[Nansen:] The Way is not a matter of knowing or not knowing. Knowing is delusion; not knowing is confusion. When you have really reached the true Way beyond doubt, you will find it as vast and boundless as space. How can it be talked about on the level of right and wrong?" (Mumon Ekai, Mumonkan)
"The most inspiring leaders are not those who do their job, but those who pursue a calling." (Chris Gardner)
"If one advances confidently in the direction of their dreams and endeavors to live the life they have imagined, they will meet with a success ‘unexpected in common hours’." (Henry David Thoreau)
"The miracle is that the universe created a part of itself to study the rest of it, and that this part in studying itself finds the rest of the universe in its own natural inner realities." (John C. Lilly)
16 September 2017
Week 2017-37
[#imagination, #human nature]
"Imagination was given to man to compensate him for what he is not; a sense of humor to console him for what he is." (Francis Bacon)
[#life, #duality]
"There is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself." (Herman Melville)
[#beliefs, #confidence]
"Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained." (Marie Curie)
[#values, #strength]
"The promises of this world are, for the most part, vain phantoms; and to confide in one's self, and become something of worth and value is the best and safest course." (Michelangelo)
[#spirituality, #simplicity]
"To realise the constancy and steadiness in your life is to realise the deep nature of the universe. This realisation is not dependent on any transitory internal or external condition, rather it is an expression of one’s own immutable spiritual nature. The only way to attain the Universal Way is to maintain the integral virtues of the constancy, steadiness and simplicity in one’s daily life." (Lao Tzu)
[#knowledge, #values]
"Knowledge is the highest good, truth the supreme value, all the rest is secondary and subordinate." (Aldous Huxley)
[#truth, #goals]
"Approximate truth is the only truth attainable, but at least one must strive for that, and not wade off into arbitrary falsehood." (George Eliot)
[#simplicity, #values]
"The aspects of things that are most important for us are hidden because of their simplicity and familiarity." (Ludwig Wittgenstein
[#facts, #wisdom]
"Facts are ventriloquists' dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere they say nothing or talk nonsense..." (Aldous Huxley)
[#journeys, #spirituality]
"If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." (René Descartes)
[#journeys, #truth]
"Keep the company of those who seek the truth - run from those who have found it." (VÁCLAV HAVEL)
09 September 2017
Week 2017-36
[#love, #life]
"If our heart were large enough to love life in all its detail, we would see that every instant is at once a giver and a plunderer.” (Gaston Bachelard)
[#success, #purpose]
"Two things are necessary for success in life; one is a sense of purpose and the other, a touch of madness." (John Harricharan)
[#life, #geometry]
"Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other." (Victor Hugo, Les Misrables, 1862)
[#thought, #human nature]
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." (William James)
[#journeys, #knowledge]
"A traveler without knowledge is like a bird without wings." (Musharif-Ud-Din)
[#happiness, #attitude]
"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances." (Martha Washington)
[#reason, #passion]
"Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining;
And passion, unattended, is a flame that burns its own destruction." ( Khalil Gibran )
[#errors, #self control]
"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger." (Epictetus)
[#theory, #practice]
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast." (Leonardo da Vinci)
[#oder, #theory]
“All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal - a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world - two snake pits." (John Gardner, “Grendel”)
"If our heart were large enough to love life in all its detail, we would see that every instant is at once a giver and a plunderer.” (Gaston Bachelard)
[#success, #purpose]
"Two things are necessary for success in life; one is a sense of purpose and the other, a touch of madness." (John Harricharan)
[#life, #geometry]
"Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other." (Victor Hugo, Les Misrables, 1862)
[#thought, #human nature]
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." (William James)
[#journeys, #knowledge]
"A traveler without knowledge is like a bird without wings." (Musharif-Ud-Din)
[#happiness, #attitude]
"The greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions, and not on our circumstances." (Martha Washington)
[#reason, #passion]
"Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining;
And passion, unattended, is a flame that burns its own destruction." ( Khalil Gibran )
[#errors, #self control]
"When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger." (Epictetus)
[#theory, #practice]
"He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast." (Leonardo da Vinci)
[#oder, #theory]
“All order, I've come to understand, is theoretical, unreal - a harmless, sensible, smiling mask men slide between the two great, dark realities, the self and the world - two snake pits." (John Gardner, “Grendel”)
02 September 2017
Week 2017-35
"Thus all our dignity lies in thought. By thought we must raise ourselves, not by space and time, which we cannot fill." (Blaise Pascal)
"When the mind loses its feeling for elegance, it grows corrupt and grovelling, and seeks in the crowd what ought to be found at home." (Walter Savage Landor)
"Much knowledge of divine things is lost to us through want of faith." (Heraclitus)
"Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes." (Henry Ward Beecher)
"The fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he proposes to remove." (Samuel Johnson)
"Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food the way to get life out of it." (Tryon Edwards)
"A consciousness of inward knowledge gives confidence to the outward behavior, which, of all things, is the best to grace a man in his carriage." (Owen Feltham)
"If you look at the world through rose-coloured spectacles, you cannot tell which parts of it really are rosy and which parts just look rosy." (Oliver Penrose, “An Asymmetric World”)
"When the mind loses its feeling for elegance, it grows corrupt and grovelling, and seeks in the crowd what ought to be found at home." (Walter Savage Landor)
"Much knowledge of divine things is lost to us through want of faith." (Heraclitus)
"Education is the knowledge of how to use the whole of oneself. Many men use but one or two faculties out of the score with which they are endowed. A man is educated who knows how to make a tool of every faculty how to open it, how to keep it sharp, and how to apply it to all practical purposes." (Henry Ward Beecher)
"The fountain of content must spring up in the mind; and he who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition, will waste his life in fruitless efforts, and multiply the griefs which he proposes to remove." (Samuel Johnson)
"Contemplation is to knowledge, what digestion is to food the way to get life out of it." (Tryon Edwards)
"A consciousness of inward knowledge gives confidence to the outward behavior, which, of all things, is the best to grace a man in his carriage." (Owen Feltham)
"If you look at the world through rose-coloured spectacles, you cannot tell which parts of it really are rosy and which parts just look rosy." (Oliver Penrose, “An Asymmetric World”)
26 August 2017
Week 2017-34
[#understanding, #perception]
"When we want to understand something we cannot just stand outside and observe it. We have to enter deeply into it and be one with it in order to really understand." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
[#education, #growth]
"You have to start where people are, because their growth is going to be from there, not from some abstraction or where you are or someone else is." (Myles Horton)
[#flow, #choice]
"Stop choosing between chaos and order and live at the boundary between them where rest and action move together." (Rainer Maria Rilke)
[#understanding, #pain]
"[...] if we understood ourselves better, we would damage ourselves less." (James Baldwin)
[#detachment, #awareness]
"This is what Zen means by being detached - not being without emotion or feeling, but being one in whom feeling is not sticky or blocked, and through whom the experiences of the world pass like the reflections of birds flying over water." (Alan Watts)
[#mind, #meditation]
"The mind has power over the body and speech, and therefore any training of body and speech must begin with the mind." (Dalai Lama, “Stages Of Meditation”)
[#change, #patience]
"To master change, nothing is more important than to know the time; to know the time, nothing is more important than to understand inner design; to understand inner design, nothing is more important than open calm." (Li Daoqun, “The Book of Balance and Harmony”)
[#patience, #acceptance]
"Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind." (David G. Allen)
[#action, #impossible]
"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible." (M. C. Escher)
[#self, #love]
"There is in fact no self which needs to be negated. We merely manifest self in terms of our affection and love for people and our willingness to work. When we manifest this way, the self that needs to be negated is already negated." (Kyozan Joshu Sasaki)
[#truth, #human nature]
"If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practised, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point." (Ezra Pound)
"When we want to understand something we cannot just stand outside and observe it. We have to enter deeply into it and be one with it in order to really understand." (Thich Nhat Hanh)
[#education, #growth]
"You have to start where people are, because their growth is going to be from there, not from some abstraction or where you are or someone else is." (Myles Horton)
[#flow, #choice]
"Stop choosing between chaos and order and live at the boundary between them where rest and action move together." (Rainer Maria Rilke)
[#understanding, #pain]
"[...] if we understood ourselves better, we would damage ourselves less." (James Baldwin)
[#detachment, #awareness]
"This is what Zen means by being detached - not being without emotion or feeling, but being one in whom feeling is not sticky or blocked, and through whom the experiences of the world pass like the reflections of birds flying over water." (Alan Watts)
[#mind, #meditation]
"The mind has power over the body and speech, and therefore any training of body and speech must begin with the mind." (Dalai Lama, “Stages Of Meditation”)
[#change, #patience]
"To master change, nothing is more important than to know the time; to know the time, nothing is more important than to understand inner design; to understand inner design, nothing is more important than open calm." (Li Daoqun, “The Book of Balance and Harmony”)
[#patience, #acceptance]
"Patience is the calm acceptance that things can happen in a different order than the one you have in mind." (David G. Allen)
[#action, #impossible]
"Only those who attempt the absurd will achieve the impossible." (M. C. Escher)
[#self, #love]
"There is in fact no self which needs to be negated. We merely manifest self in terms of our affection and love for people and our willingness to work. When we manifest this way, the self that needs to be negated is already negated." (Kyozan Joshu Sasaki)
[#truth, #human nature]
"If the individual, or heretic, gets hold of some essential truth, or sees some error in the system being practised, he commits so many marginal errors himself that he is worn out before he can establish his point." (Ezra Pound)
19 August 2017
Week 2017-33
"The more a man can forget, the greater the number of metamorphoses which his life can undergo, the more he can remember the more divine his life becomes." (Soren Kierkegaard)
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." (Frank Herbert)
"Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less." (Rumi)
"Balance is the all-important factor in a fighter’s attitude or stance. Without balance at all times, he can never be effective." (Bruce Lee, “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”)
"Never fear the shadows. They simply mean that there's a light somewhere nearby." (Ruth E Renkel)
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." (Martin Buber)
"Don’t search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell." (Shams Tabrizi)
"Non-action is the real action. One hundred acts are not as good as one moment of silence. One hundred exercises are not as good as one moment of standing still." (Wang Xiang Zhai)
"A problem is a question you haven't yet answered to a level that has fulfilled you." (Tony Robbins)
"The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure." (Grayson L. Kirk)
"Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic." (Frank Herbert)
"Peaceful is the one who's not concerned with having more or less." (Rumi)
"Balance is the all-important factor in a fighter’s attitude or stance. Without balance at all times, he can never be effective." (Bruce Lee, “Tao of Jeet Kune Do”)
"Never fear the shadows. They simply mean that there's a light somewhere nearby." (Ruth E Renkel)
"All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware." (Martin Buber)
"Don’t search for heaven and hell in the future. Both are now present. Whenever we manage to love without expectations, calculations, negotiations, we are indeed in heaven. Whenever we fight, hate, we are in hell." (Shams Tabrizi)
"Non-action is the real action. One hundred acts are not as good as one moment of silence. One hundred exercises are not as good as one moment of standing still." (Wang Xiang Zhai)
"A problem is a question you haven't yet answered to a level that has fulfilled you." (Tony Robbins)
"The most important function of education at any level is to develop the personality of the individual and the significance of his life to himself and to others. This is the basic architecture of a life; the rest is ornamentation and decoration of the structure." (Grayson L. Kirk)
12 August 2017
Week 2017-32
"A man must have a certain amount of intelligent ignorance to get anywhere." (Charles F. Kettering)
"There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something." (Henry Ford)
"The universe is a fractal. Whatever energy signature we carry will be repeated infinitely, again and again...until we change that vibration." (Paige Bartholomew)
"Unanticipated side effects arise because we too often act as if cause and effect were always closely linked in time and space." (John Sterman)
"Side effects are not a feature of reality but a sign that our understanding of the system is narrow and flawed." (John Sterman)
"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively." (Dalai Lama)
"Renunciation is not giving up the things of this world, but accepting that they go away." (Shunryu Suzuki-roshi)
"In the age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still." (Pico Iyer)
"Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon." (Hui Neng)
"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost." (G. K. Chesterton)
"There is no happiness except in the realization that we have accomplished something." (Henry Ford)
"The universe is a fractal. Whatever energy signature we carry will be repeated infinitely, again and again...until we change that vibration." (Paige Bartholomew)
"Unanticipated side effects arise because we too often act as if cause and effect were always closely linked in time and space." (John Sterman)
"Side effects are not a feature of reality but a sign that our understanding of the system is narrow and flawed." (John Sterman)
"Know the rules well, so you can break them effectively." (Dalai Lama)
"Renunciation is not giving up the things of this world, but accepting that they go away." (Shunryu Suzuki-roshi)
"In the age of constant movement, nothing is so urgent as sitting still." (Pico Iyer)
"Words are not truth. Truth is like the moon, and words are like my finger. I can point to the moon with my finger, but my finger is not the moon." (Hui Neng)
"The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost." (G. K. Chesterton)
05 August 2017
Week 2017-31
"As soon as you concern yourself with the 'good' and 'bad' of your fellows, you create an opening in your heart for maliciousness to enter. Testing, competing with, and criticizing others weakens and defeats you." (Morihei Ueshiba, "The Art of Peace", 1991)
"The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances." (Atisha)
"The root of compassion is compassion for oneself." (Pema Chodron)
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness." (Chuang Tzu)
"Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots." (Rumi)
"With love you don’t bargain. There, the choice is not yours. Love is a mirror, it reflects only your essence, if you have the courage to look in its face." (Rumi)
"Your knowledge should improve your heart and purge your ego." (Imam Al-Ghazali)
"When the heart is at peace for and against are forgotten." (Chuang Tzu)
"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity." (Pema Chodron)
"[...] you cannot go on ‘explaining away’ forever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on ‘seeing through’ things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden too? It is no use trying to ‘see through’ first principles. If you see through everything then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To ‘see through’ all things is the same as not to see." (Clive S Lewis, "The Abolition of Man", 1943)
"The greatest meditation is a mind that lets go.
The greatest wisdom is seeing through appearances." (Atisha)
"The root of compassion is compassion for oneself." (Pema Chodron)
"Happiness is the absence of the striving for happiness." (Chuang Tzu)
"Maybe you are searching among the branches, for what only appears in the roots." (Rumi)
"With love you don’t bargain. There, the choice is not yours. Love is a mirror, it reflects only your essence, if you have the courage to look in its face." (Rumi)
"Your knowledge should improve your heart and purge your ego." (Imam Al-Ghazali)
"When the heart is at peace for and against are forgotten." (Chuang Tzu)
"Compassion is not a relationship between the healer and the wounded. It’s a relationship between equals. Only when we know our own darkness well can we be present with the darkness of others. Compassion becomes real when we recognize our shared humanity." (Pema Chodron)
"[...] you cannot go on ‘explaining away’ forever: you will find that you have explained explanation itself away. You cannot go on ‘seeing through’ things forever. The whole point of seeing through something is to see something through it. It is good that the window should be transparent, because the street or garden beyond it is opaque. How if you saw through the garden too? It is no use trying to ‘see through’ first principles. If you see through everything then everything is transparent. But a wholly transparent world is an invisible world. To ‘see through’ all things is the same as not to see." (Clive S Lewis, "The Abolition of Man", 1943)
29 July 2017
Week 2017-30
"Those who don't believe in magic will never find it." (Roald Dahl)
"There is nothing in this world which does not speak. Every thing and every being is continually calling out its nature, its character, its secret; the more the inner sense is open, the more capable it becomes of hearing the voice of all things." (Inayat Khan)
"Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot.
Seek the path that demands your whole being." (Rumi)
"When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence." (Sri Aurobindo)
"Bringing joy to one heart with love is better than one thousand repetitive prayer recitings." (Sufi saying)
"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." (Albert Camus)
"Let your mind wander in the pure and simple.
Be one with the infinite.
Let all things take their course." (Zhuangzi)
"Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them." (Constantin Brâncuși)
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved." (George MacDonald)
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anaïs Nin)
"There is nothing in this world which does not speak. Every thing and every being is continually calling out its nature, its character, its secret; the more the inner sense is open, the more capable it becomes of hearing the voice of all things." (Inayat Khan)
"Seek the wisdom that will untie your knot.
Seek the path that demands your whole being." (Rumi)
"When mind is still, then truth gets her chance to be heard in the purity of the silence." (Sri Aurobindo)
"Bringing joy to one heart with love is better than one thousand repetitive prayer recitings." (Sufi saying)
"In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion." (Albert Camus)
"Let your mind wander in the pure and simple.
Be one with the infinite.
Let all things take their course." (Zhuangzi)
"Things are not difficult to make; what is difficult is putting ourselves in the state of mind to make them." (Constantin Brâncuși)
"To be trusted is a greater compliment than being loved." (George MacDonald)
"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." (Anaïs Nin)
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)
15 July 2017
Week 2017-28
"Realizing that our inability to control life is not the same as having no way to navigate it, leads to freedom and liberation. Just because I can't control the sea doesn't mean I can't learn how to swim in it." (Rami Shapiro)
"With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love." (Rumi)
"What worries you, masters you." (John Locke)
"Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ( Nathaniel Hawthorne )
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." (Michel de Montaigne)
"We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand." (Eric Hoffer)
"Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace." ( Karl Kraus)
"If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it." (Mary Engelbreit)
"Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow." (Tony Schwartz)
"To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of the idea of what it means to be truly happy or content." (Confucius)
"With life as short as a half-taken breath, don’t plant anything but love." (Rumi)
"What worries you, masters you." (John Locke)
"Happiness is a butterfly which, when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you." ( Nathaniel Hawthorne )
"A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears." (Michel de Montaigne)
"We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand." (Eric Hoffer)
"Love and art do not embrace what is beautiful but what is made beautiful by this embrace." ( Karl Kraus)
"If you don't like something, change it.
If you can't change it, change the way you think about it." (Mary Engelbreit)
"Let go of certainty. The opposite isn’t uncertainty. It’s openness, curiosity and a willingness to embrace paradox, rather than choose up sides. The ultimate challenge is to accept ourselves exactly as we are, but never stop trying to learn and grow." (Tony Schwartz)
"To be truly happy and contented, you must let go of the idea of what it means to be truly happy or content." (Confucius)
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