There are forces in you working upon you all the time to make you awaken, to heal you, to cure you — if you can only listen to them. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “The opposites are thieves because what you build on one…”
The opposites are thieves because what you build on one is undermined by the other. Or, to put it differently, joy leads to sorrow. But whatever is built in the centre cannot be taken from you. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
Blaise Pascal Quote – “Man’s sensitivity to little things…”
Man’s sensitivity to little things and insensitivity to the greatest things are marks of a strange disorder. Blaise Pascal (1623 – 1662)
P. D. Ouspensky Quote – “We are surrounded by a wall built of our conceptions…”
We are surrounded by a wall built of our conceptions of the world, and are unable to look over this wall at the real world. P. D. Ouspensky (1878 – 1947)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “The hidden well-spring of your soul…”
The hidden well-spring of your soul must needs rise and run murmuring to the sea; And the treasure of your infinite depths would be revealed to your eyes. But let there be no scales to weigh your unknown treasure; And seek not the depths of your knowledge with staff or sounding line. For self is a sea boundless and measureless. […]
George Macdonald Quote – “She followed the firefly, which, like herself, was seeking the way out…”
She followed the firefly, which, like herself, was seeking the way out. If it did not know the way, it was yet light; and, because all light is one, any light may serve to guide to more light. George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)
G. I. Gurdjieff Quote – “Everything that reaches us in the course of the day…”
Everything that reaches us in the course of the day, and in the course of our whole life, is relative to us. G. I. Gurdjieff (1866 – 1949)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “He is blessed over all mortals…”
He is blessed over all mortals who loses no moment of the passing life in remembering the past. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Khalil Gibran Quote – “Aye, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel…”
Aye, in the grove of the temple and in the shadow of the citadel I have seen the freest among you wear their freedom as a yoke and a handcuff. And my heart bled within me; for you can only be free when even the desire of seeking freedom becomes a harness to you, and when you cease to speak […]
Maurice Nicoll Quote – “It is useless to hear and not to experience…”
It is useless to hear and not to experience, to be told and not to practice. Maurice Nicoll (1884 – 1953)
