Quote by Eva Brann Download Open image ““an engaged solitary, an inward-turned observer of the world,”” — Eva Brann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A man becomes a solitary at the moment when, no matter what may be his external surroundings, he is suddenly aware of his own… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
For the perfect idler, for the passionate observer it becomes an immense source of enjoyment to establish his dwelling in the throng, in the… — Charles Baudelaire Copy Share Image
“The way they perceive the world suddenly changes, and they find themselves without any sense of separation between themselves and the rest of the… — Adyashanti Copy Share Image
“At the beginning of our life, we may feel bare and helpless and gradually adorn ourselves with the most fanciful trappings, trying to be… — Erik Pevernagie Copy Share Image
“...the natures of solitary people are apt to have more unmapped country in them than worldly folk imagine. They see and think and do… — Julian Hawthorne Copy Share Image
“When we can stand in the solitary presence of something magnificent, the obligation of sharing the experience evaporates, and we are free to truly… — Josh Gates Copy Share Image
“A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Without the Knowledge of One's real form as the Self and Its realization, anything that is being done will cause that living being to… — Dada Bhagwan Copy Share Image
“The world seems almost physically wider when up to just now the right-hand side was always obscured by the proximity of someone else; and… — Robert Musil Copy Share Image
“The visible action is not the self-manifestation of the inward life, but only a weak and crude attempt of a single thread to make… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Thought and character are one, and as character can only manifest and discover itself through environment and circumstance, the outer conditions of a person's… — James Allen Copy Share Image
“Wonder is the sense, which comes in a flash but won’t go away, that things are not as straightforward as they seem, that the… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“Odysseus is the statesman of the Iliad, the man in the middle, keeping what balance he can among the parties. He shows himself at… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
You will be educated, which means that you will be interested where others are bored, that you will notice unities where others experience randomness,… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“It is a maxim of learning: To learn anything requires letting it be, but not letting it alone. Is there a way, a mode… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“Respect is better than tolerance (2) for the very obverse and complement of its sternness: It does not just “bear” the others, nor just… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“So I imagine that the soul is in one aspect a pervasive, transformable matter and in another a particular, personal intelligence; it is envelopingly… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“This lack of leisure and of intimacy is not a peripheral matter—nothing Socrates thinks can be expeditiously conveyed by public deliverance; it must always… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“What a reflection on yourself to despise those who admire you! That said, one's usually of two minds: 1. You're ludicrously overdoing it; 2.… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“Wisdom-loving” translates philosophos. (If I dared, I’d translate it “wannabe-wise” as opposed to sophos, “having smarts,” skillful.)” — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
“In learning as in traveling and, of course, in lovemaking, all the charm lies in not coming too quickly to the point, but in… — Eva Brann Copy Share Image
