Seeking the way, you must exert yourselves and strive with diligence… free yourselves from the tangled net of sorrow. Walk in the path with steadfast aim. A sick man may be cured by the healing power of medicine and will be rid of all his ailments without beholding the physician. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
Delusions, errors, and lies are like huge, gaudy vessels, the timbers of which are faulty, and those who embark on them are asking to be shipwrecked. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
The subject on which I meditate is truth. The practice to which I devote myself is truth. The topic of my conversation is truth. My thoughts are always in the truth. For lo! My self has become the truth. Buddha (circa 560 – 483 B.C.E.)
I have severed all ties because I seek deliverance. How is it possible for me to return to the world? He who seeks religious truth, which is the highest treasure of all, must leave behind all that can concern him or draw away his attention, and must be bent upon that one goal alone. He must free his soul from […]
Who in the world am I? Ah, that’s the great puzzle. Lewis Carroll (1832 – 1898)
Truth above all, even when it upsets and overwhelms us! Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Our liberty, wisely understood, is but a voluntary obedience to the universal laws of life. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
The soul of man does violence to itself, first of all. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
Be like the promontory against which the waves continually break, but which stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
It is in your power to be free from all compulsions, and to remain in the greatest tranquillity of mind, even if all the world cries out against you as much as it chooses. Marcus Aurelius (121 – 180)
