China Quote by Richard Wilhelm

“[There is a] gulf that can exist between different emotional and perceptual worlds—all 'Chinese'—in recent times [post-Deng Xiaoping].”

— Mark Elvin

Civilization merely develops man's capacity for a greater variety of sensations, and ... absolutely nothing else.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“We come from nothing... which, in reality, is everything; It is that pure energy, the space where Brahmn (energy) resides. Awareness of this absolute…

— Gian Kumar

“Many of the physical desires and emotions are akin to those of the lower animals, and in the undeveloped man these desires and emotions…

— Yogi Ramacharaka

Emotions are invisible to our eyes and so we overlook where they are coming from. Yet the truth is that we create them ourselves.

— Senoraroy

“Man is slave of emotions when they arise, and master of them when they don't.”

— Raheel Farooq

“Leaving Things Alone (excerpt) Too much pleasure? Yang has too much influence. Too much suffering? Yin has too much influence. When one of these…

— Thomas Merton

“For the world is - allow us the homely figure - the human being turned inside out. All that moves in the mind is…

— George MacDonald

“The human emotions are worthy of nothing when our existence has no realistic value.”

— M.F. Moonzajer

“the believers in China exhibited a constant joyfulness in the midst of harsh circumstances. I never heard them deny or down-play the danger. They…

— Nik Ripken

“...sometimes changes bring rivers of tears, feelings of helplessness and despair, but paradoxically, it is precisely in the transition that we build our power…

— Micaela Becattini

“Whatever touches or enters into a sustained relationship with human life immediately assumes the character of a condition of human existence. This is why…

— Hannah Arendt