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- You know, all mystics - Catholic, Christian, non-Christian, no matter what their theology, no matter what their religion - are unanimous on one thing: that…
- When the sage points at the moon, all that the idiot sees is the finger.
- All I did was sit on the riverbank handing out river water. After I'm gone, I trust you will notice the river.
- A master was once unmoved by the complaints of his disciples that, though they listened with pleasure to his parables and stories, they were also…
- What is a loving heart? A loving heart is sensitive to the whole of life, to all persons; a loving heart doesn't harden itself to…
- Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
- My experience is that it's precisely the ones who don't know what to do with this life who are all hot and bothered about what…
- All that you give to others you are giving to yourself.
- All suffering comes from a person's inability to sit still and be alone.
- The words of the scholar are to be understood. The words of the master are not to be understood. They are to be listened to…
- This truth I firmly hold, all evidence to the contrary notwithstanding; my life has been a gift, a blessing to the world.
- If what you seek is Truth, there is one thing you must have above all else.” “I know. An overwhelming passion for it.” “No. An…
- The Master made it his task to destroy systematically every doctrine, every belief, every concept of the divine, for these things, which were originally intended…
- All conflict comes from attachment.
- Said the monk: "All these mountains and rivers and the earth and stars - where do they come from?" Said the master: "Where does your…
- A man who took great pride in his lawn found himself with a large crop of dandelions. He tried every method he knew to get…
- Most people tell you they want to get out of kindergarten, but don't believe them. Don't believe them! All they want you to do is…
- Wouldn't it be wonderful if we had a world where everybody said, 'We don't know?' The fact is that you're surrounded -God and you don't…
- You keep insisting, I feel good because the world is right! Wrong! The world is right because I feel good. That's what all the mystics…
- The disciples were absorbed in a discussion of Lao-Tzu's dictum: "Those who know, do not say; Those who say, do not know." When the master…
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- Total loyalty is possible only when fidelity is emptied of all concrete content, from which changes of mind might naturally arise. — Hannah Arendt
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- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- The new always happens against the overwhelming odds of statistical laws and their probability, which for all practical, everyday purposes amounts to… — Hannah Arendt
- Where all are guilty, no one is; confessions of collective guilt are the best possible safeguard against the discovery of culprits, and… — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I keep my friends as misers do their treasure, because, of all the things granted us by wisdom, none is greater or… — Pietro Aretino
- We must all make peace so that we can all live in peace. — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The spirit of Ubuntu, that once led Haiti to emerge as the first independent black nation in 1804, helped Venezuela, Colombia and… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- A friend to all is a friend to none. — Aristotle