"Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing?……" — Wei Wu Wei
"Disciples and devotees…what are most of them doing? Worshipping the teapot instead of drinking the tea!"
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18 Quotes by Wei Wu Wei
Wei Wu Wei has 18 quotes on this site.
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It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.
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In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.
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The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is…
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We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.
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Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They…
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Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised.
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All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.
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There is no mystery whatever — only inability to perceive the obvious.
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Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea.
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What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave…
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A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they…
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I AM Here Now As This
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What other sport holds out hope of improvement to a man or a woman over fifty? True, the pros begin…
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The office of science is not to record possibilities; but to ascertain what nature does ... As far as Darwinism…
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In the last stage of the spiritual master's life, the devotees of the spiritual master should take preaching activities into…
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You can not understand "Scripture" without seeing through the eyes of the Spiritual Master or Advanced Devotees.
— Radhanath Swami
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I consider chess an art, and accept all those responsibilities which art places upon its devotees.
— Alexander Alekhine
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I believe that the Hindu faith has developed the spiritual in its devotees at the expense of the material, and…
— Swami Vivekananda
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In every revolution there intrude, at the side of its true agents, men of a different stamp; some of them…
— Karl Marx
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Only those who love color are admitted to its beauty and immanent presence. It affords utility to all, but unveils…
— Johannes Itten
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Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression
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Willing is superfluous for Me. For grace is ever available to devotees who have steady love and faith. Since I…
— Sathya Sai Baba
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My only wish isto transform friends of God into friends of man, believers into thinkers, devotees of prayer into devotees…
— Ludwig Feuerbach
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Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and…
— Elwyn Brooks White
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