“To be anxious wasn’t shameful, it was a high calling. It was to be alive to life’s contradictions, more receptive to the… — Daniel B. Smith Copy Share Image
It is too late for me, son. The Emperor will show you the true nature of the Force. He is your master… — Darth Vader Copy Share Image
For the limits to which our thoughts are confind, are small in respect of the vast extent of Nature itself; some parts… — Robert Hooke Copy Share Image
“The fall of humanity was the fall from the actual to the symbolic. Language abstracts us from the real world; keeping us… — Tony Vigorito Copy Share Image
“The most demanding part of a Jungian analysis occurs when the analysand (the person undergoing analysis) begins to confront his own shadow.… — Anthony Stevens Copy Share Image
“The theory of phlogiston was an inversion of the true nature of combustion. Removing phlogiston was in reality adding oxygen, while adding… — Michael Denton Copy Share Image
“Alexandria and its scholars […] never mistook the true nature of the past; they knew it to be the source of an… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
“I met his eyes. Unlike Callie, he wouldn't be fooled with a smile. Once you've glimpsed something's true nature, it's hard to… — Erica O'Rourke Copy Share Image
“It is the character of lived experience I want to explore, not the nature of man.” — Michael D. Jackson Copy Share Image
Lack of understanding of the true nature of happiness, it seems to me, is the principal reason why people inflict sufferings on… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
“Even though you read much Zen literature, you must read each sentence with a fresh mind. You should not say, “I know… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Zen has been called the "religion before religion," which is to say that anyone can practice, including those committed to another faith.… — Peter Matthiessen Copy Share Image
“Thou must hasten therefore; not only because thou art every day nearer unto death than other, but also because that intellective faculty… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
“Many of us ordinary folk have tasted these moments of "union" - on the ladder, in the pond, in the jungle, on… — Stephen Cope Copy Share Image
“And I saw in them a hope...A hope that it was possible to have secrets, to mask one's true nature...and yet still… — Kurt Busiek Copy Share Image
“We are all born to fly. Instead, we sit on the branches afraid of the leap into the unknown. But the unknown… — Enza Vita Copy Share Image
Zen, like life, defies exact definition, but its essence is the experience, moment by moment, of our own existence -- a natural,… — David Fontana Copy Share Image
“Our true nature is one of innocence and freedom to choose how we live. We need to be brave enough not to… — Jay Woodman Copy Share Image
“A person's assumptions reveal who they are, more than the words they utter.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
The name, his true name, was weaker and more flawed than he would have liked, and he hated himself for that, but… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I'm very grateful for social media. I think it has shown people my true nature, and through that has come a book… — Laura Benanti Copy Share Image
The very essence of your Being is infinite, eternal silence. It is your true nature. It is the essence of all existence. — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
“I mistook non-conformity for freedom and in so doing found myself anything but free. For it is in conformity to one's true… — Karen Swallow Prior Copy Share Image
“Shall we, my lady?" "You go on," she said coolly. "I need to speak to Mr. Pinter alone." Glancing from her to… — Sabrina Jeffries Copy Share Image
