Ceilings Quote by Sogyal Rinpoche

“to me a mountain is a buddha. think of the patience, hundreds of thousands of years just sittin there bein perfectly perfectly silent and…

— Jack Kerouac

“As I uttered these inspiring words the idea came like a flash of lightning and in an instant the truth was revealed. I drew…

— Nikola Tesla

“It was a wonderful experience. She mistrusted his very slumbers--and she seemed to think I could tell her why! Thus a poor mortal seduced…

— Anonymous

“what Tibetan Buddhists call “the inability to bear the sight of another’s sorrow,” so that we feel it almost as intensely as we feel…

— Karen Armstrong

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— Edgar Allan Poe

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— Abraham Maslow

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— Patricia A. Jennings

“Once a monk was standing at the altar after having a deep and profound satori. A young monk came up to him and said,…

— Dae Gak Oh Gong

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— Bret Easton Ellis

“There wasn't a clear, identifiable emotion within me, except for greed and possibly, total disgust. I had all the characteristics of a human being…

— Bret Easton Ellis

“Amongst the many trials to which the human mind is subjected, that of holding intercourse, real or imaginary, with the world of spirits: of…

— Joanna Baillie

“The fairest thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the fundamental emotion which stands at the cradle of true art and science.…

— Albert Einstein