"Worshiping the teapot instead of drinking the tea." — Wei Wu Wei

"Worshiping 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. A few more worth reading:

It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are.
In order to be effective truth must penetrate like an arrow - and that is likely to hurt.
The only real service we can render to that which we perceive and interpret in phenomenal existence as 'others' is…
We do not possess an 'ego.' We are possessed by the idea of one.
Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They…
Realisation is a matter of becoming conscious of that which is already realised.
All the evil in the world, and all the unhappiness, comes from the I-concept.
There is no mystery whatever — only inability to perceive the obvious.
What do you have to do? Pack your bags, Go to the station without them, Catch the train, And leave…
A man who is seeking for realization is not only going around searching for his spectacles without realizing that they…
I AM Here Now As This
The seeing of Truth cannot be dualistic (a 'thing' seen). It cannot be seen by a see-er, or via a…

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More Drinking Quotes

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The gods too are fond of a joke. — Aristotle
Drinking intensifies all your pressures and your needs. — Desi Arnaz
It is a sign of a dull nature to occupy oneself deeply in matters that concern the body; for instance,… — David Bailey
A drink a day keeps the shrink away. — Edward Abbey
Patriarchy is impotent and qualitatively unable to solve even the most simple problems in the cosmos such as picking up… — Roseanne Barr
I know not, sir, whether Bacon wrote the works of Shakespeare, but if he did not, it seems to me… — James M. Barrie
Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to… — Dave Barry
You can't drown yourself in drink. I've tried, you float. — John Barrymore
A gourmet who thinks of calories is like a tart who looks at her watch. — James Beard
I am a drinker with writing problems. — Brendan Behan
Why don't you get out of that wet coat and into a dry martini? — Robert Benchley
Drinking makes such fools of people, and people are such fools to begin with that it's compounding a felony. — Robert Benchley

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