Steadily he approaches the point where what is unknown is not a mere blank space in a web of words but a window in the mind, a window whose name is not ignorance but wonder. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
Alan Watts Quote – “The split between I and me, man and the world…”
Discovering this the mind becomes whole: the split between I and me, man and the world, the ideal and the real, comes to an end. Paranoia, the mind beside itself, becomes metanoia, the mind with itself and so free from itself. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
Alan Watts Quote – “The only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets…”
Really, the fundamental, ultimate mystery — the only thing you need to know to understand the deepest metaphysical secrets — is this: that for every outside there is an inside and for every inside there is an outside, and although they are different, they go together. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
Alan Watts Quote – “The bamboo shadows Sweep the steps But raise no dust.”
The bamboo shadows Sweep the steps But raise no dust. Alan Watts (1915 – 1973)
Wu-men Hui-kai Quote – “If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form…”
If you seek, how is that different from pursuing sound and form? If you don’t seek, how are you different from earth, wood, or stone? You must seek without seeking. Wu-men Hui-kai (1183 – 1260)
David Whyte Quote – “In this high place it is as simple as this…”
In this high place it is as simple as this, Leave everything you know behind. Step toward the cold surface, say the old prayer of rough love and open both arms. Those who come with empty hands will stare into the lake astonished, there, in the cold light reflecting pure snow, the true shape of your own face. David Whyte […]
H. G. Wells Quote – “It is the going out from oneself that is love…”
It is the going out from oneself that is love and not the accident of its return. It is the expedition, whether it fail or succeed. H. G. Wells (1866 – 1946)
William Wordsworth Quote – “Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting…”
Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. The soul that rises with us, our life’s star, Hath had elsewhere its setting. And cometh from afar; Not in entire forgetfulness, And not in utter nakedness, But trailing clouds of glory do we come From God, who is our home. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
William Wordsworth Quote – “Listen! The Mighty Being is awake…”
Listen! The Mighty Being is awake, and doth with His eternal motion make, a sound like thunder — everlastingly. William Wordsworth (1770 – 1850)
Walt Whitman Quote – “I confess I have urged you onward with me, and still urge you…”
Dear camerado! I confess I have urged you onward with me, and still urge you, without the least idea what is our destination, Or whether we shall be victorious, or utterly quell’d and defeated. Walt Whitman (1819 – 1892)