Instant Quote by D.T. Suzuki Download Open image “The intuitive recognition of the instant, thus reality is the highest act of wisdom.” — D.T. Suzuki ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Instant Psychology Reality Recognition Wisdom
Real wisdom does not occur here in this physical universe. Real wisdom is something that you have to move into the planes of the… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The greatest wisdom is to make the enjoyment of the present the supreme object of life; because that is the only reality, all else… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
Reality is always the moment of vision before the intellectualization takes place. There is no other reality. — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
Wisdom consists in rising superior both to madness and to common sense, and is lending oneself to the universal illusion without becoming its dupe. — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
“Wisdom is the applied synthesis of knowledge + experience + timing. It is the application of your knowledge and experience in the most potent… — Sebastien Richard Copy Share Image
Wisdom itself is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its… — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
Knowledge is first and wisdom is the manifestation of knowledge. To understand this tone and pattern of thinking in the numerical way automatically resonated… — RZA Copy Share Image
Wisdom... is often an abstraction associated not with fact or reality but with the man who asserts it and the manner of its assertion. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
The worst passion we mortals cherish is the desire to possess. Even when we know that our final destination is a hole not more… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Copying is slavery. The letter must never be followed, only the spirit is to be grasped. Higher affirmations live in the spirit. And where… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zen, in its essence is the art of seeing into the nature of one's own being, and it points the way from bondage to… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The mistake consists in our splitting into two what is really and absolutely one. Is not life one as we live it, which we… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Until we recognize the SELF that exists apart from who we think we are - we cannot know the Ch'an ( ZEN ) MIND — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Facts of experience are valued in Zen more than representations, symbols, and concepts-that is to say, substance is everything in Zen and form nothing. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
The claim of the Zen followers that they are transmitting the essence of Buddhism is based on their belief that Zen takes hold of… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
When we start to feel anxious or depressed, instead of asking, "What do I need to get to be happy?" The question becomes, "What… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
Zen abhors repetition or imitation of any kind, for it kills. For the same reason Zen never explains, but only affirms. Life is fact and no explanation is necessary or pertinent. To explain is to apologize, and why should we apologize for living? To live—is that not enough? Let us then live, let us affirm! Herein lies Zen in all… — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share
To point at the moon a finger is needed, but woe to those who take the finger for the moon. — D.T. Suzuki Copy Share Image
To be positive at all times is to ignore all that is important, sacred or valuable. To be negative at all times is to… — Kurt Cobain Copy Share Image
The bird with the thorn in its breast, it follows an immutable law; it is driven by it knows not what to impale itself, and die singing. At the very instant the thorn enters there is no awareness in it of the dying to come; it simply sings and sings until there is not the life left to utter another… — Colleen McCullough Copy Share
Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense hunger. To resist takes tremendous conscious effort, you don’t dare let your guard down for an instant. The void puts you on edge, makes your movements tentative and clumsy. But as the climb continues, you grow… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share
Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . . . No politician with half his senses, which a majority of politicians have, is likely to vote for its abolition, however. As a class, mothers are tender and loving, but as a voting bloc they would not hesitate… — Russell Baker Copy Share
There were so many Pittsburgh poets in my hallway that if, at that instant, a meteorite had come smashing through my roof, there would… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I became an instant fan of the show [Underground] seconds into the opening frames of the pilot. When that drone shot carried us through… — Aisha Hinds Copy Share Image
You develop an instant global consciousness, a people orientation, an intense dissatisfaction with the state of the world, and a compulsion to do something… — Edgar Mitchell Copy Share Image
So for a period of time each day, try to sit, without moving, without expecting anything, as if you were in your last moment.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My photographs are not just about the instant of movement you capture in the camera. It's much more total, about constant movement that became… — Gabriel Orozco Copy Share Image
But people who think they can project themselves into deafness are mistaken because you can't. And I'm not talking about imagining what a deaf… — Richard Masur Copy Share Image
Technology has just been the major progression of the last 15 years - instant communication. That stuff has gone so global. That's what's interesting about it. When someone sits down in front of a computer, it's the same everywhere in the world, and it's the same screen looking back at you with the same Google, and there's no individuality to… — Ti West Copy Share
Practically everything from hairstyles to lifestyles is endorsed as some sort of drug to be taken Now for Instant Relief. — Benjamin Hoff Copy Share Image