Quote by Kaiten Nukariya Download Open image ““The centipede, having a hundred limbs, can find no useless feet;”” — Kaiten Nukariya ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“A centipede the size of a Pontiac had once lived in the bottom-right corner of the trunk but had long since moved on once… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
“The centipede was happy, quite, Until a toad in fun Said, “Pray, which leg goes after which?” This worked his mind to such a… — Alan Wilson Watts Copy Share Image
“Would you mind washing my feet? I’m a centipede, so it may take you a century.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“Fingers with no dexterity and legs too weak to walk, the result of old age and tired old bones.” — Ghillie Copy Share Image
“Millions of tiny arthropod feet swarmed over me until my entire body was enveloped. They” — Inge-Lise Goss Copy Share Image
“Imagine if you had spent the whole first part of your life trying to walk on your hands. The clumsiness of it, always falling… — Cressida Cowell Copy Share Image
“There may be people who like centipedes... Personally, I would regard such an individual with deep suspicion. I have just petted my cat: "And… — William S. Burroughs Copy Share Image
“If we were meant to stay in one place, we would have roots instead of feet.” — Rachel Wolchin Copy Share Image
“...nothing other than the harmony of the individual limbs and parts, so that nothing can be added or taken away without damaging it.” — Leon Battista Alberti Copy Share Image
“Well, I proved once and for all that the limb is mightier than the thumb.” — Claudette Colbert Copy Share Image
“And so I stand, a little sightless. So I walk Away on wheels, instead of legs, they serve as well. And learn to speak… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
“the new theory of matter has entirely over thrown the old conception of the unchanging atoms, and they are now regarded to be composed… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“5. Nature is the Mother of All Things. Furthermore, man has come into existence out of Nature. He is her child. She provided him… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Rin-zai also says: "Spirit is formless, but it penetrates through the world in the ten directions."[FN#149] The Sixth Patriarch expresses the same idea more… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“(O-yo-mei) won a splendid victory over the rebel army which threatened the throne of the Ming dynasty. During that warfare Wang was giving a course of lectures to a number of students at the headquarters of the army, of which he was the Commander-in-chief. At the very outset of the battle a messenger brought him the news of defeat of… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share
“in the use of the terms 'good' and 'bad.' Now let us examine how does good differ from bad. A good action ever promotes… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“Although all sentient beings are endowed with this Enlightened Consciousness, they are not aware of its existence, excepting men who can discover it by… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“There are a good many people always buoyant in spirit and mirthful in appearance as if born optimists. There are also no fewer persons constantly crestfallen and gloomy as if born pessimists. The former, however, may lose their buoyancy and sink deep in despair if they are in adverse circumstances. The latter, too, may regain their brightness and grow exultant… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share
“it is the overcoming of egoism, the destroying of mean desires, the uplifting of the moral ideal, and the disclosing of inborn wisdom. [FN#12]” — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“The fourth stage is called the Rank of Co-operative Merit,[FN#273] in which the student 'co-operates' with other persons in order to complete his merit. Now, he is not compared with a general who conquers his foe, but with the prime-minister who co-operates with other officials to the benefit of the people. Thus the student in this stage is not satisfied… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share
“It is bare nonsense to say that I go to school, not to be educated as a member of society, but simply to gratify… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
“8. The Application of the Law of Causation to Morals. Although it may be needless to state here the law of causation at any length, yet it is not equally needless to say a few words about its application to morals as the law of retribution, which is a matter of dispute even among Buddhist scholars. The kernel of the… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share