In deepest solitude I found the narrow way, a secret giving such release that I was stunned and stammering, rising above all science. St. John of the Cross (1542 – 1591)
Baruch Spinoza Quote – “He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return.”
He who loves God cannot endeavor that God should love him in return. Baruch Spinoza (1632 – 1677)
Zenkei Shibayama Quotes – “The mirror is thoroughly egoless and mindless…”
The mirror is thoroughly egoless and mindless. If a flower comes it reflects a flower, if a bird comes it reflects a bird. It shows a beautiful object as beautiful, an ugly object as ugly. Everything is revealed as it is. There is no discriminating mind or self-consciousness on the part of the mirror. If something comes, the mirror reflects. […]
Seneca Quote – “Who teaches men to be grateful pleads the cause not only of men…”
Who teaches men to be grateful pleads the cause not only of men, but of the gods for they, being placed above all desires, cannot be of want of anything, yet we can nevertheless offer them our gratitude. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
George Santayana Quote – “Wisdom comes by disillusionment.”
Wisdom comes by disillusionment. George Santayana (1863 – 1952)
Sun Tzu Quote – “If you know Heaven and you know Earth, your victory can be complete…”
Thus it is said if you know them and know yourself, your victory will not be imperiled. If you know Heaven and you know Earth, your victory can be complete. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
David Steindl-Rast Quote – “The mystics of all traditions speak one and the same language…”
The mystics of all traditions speak one and the same language: the language of religious experience. David Steindl-Rast (1926)
Socrates Quote – “The soul, when using the body as an instrument of perception…”
The soul, when using the body as an instrument of perception — that is to say, when using the sense of sight and hearing, or some other sense — for the meaning of perceiving through the body is perceiving through the senses — is dragged by the body through the region of the changeable (the temporal), and wanders about and […]
Socrates Quote – “Education is the kindling of a flame…”
Education is the kindling of a flame, not the filling of a vessel. Unfortunately, report cards ordinarily reveal how much a vessel has been filled rather than the extent to which a flame has been kindled. Socrates (470 – 399 B.C.E.)
Chief Seattle Quote – “Humankind has not woven the web of life…”
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within. Whatever we do to the well, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. Chief Seattle (circa 1786 – 1866)