The very gods envy the bliss of him who has escaped from the floods of passion and has climbed the shores of Nirvana… He is like unto the lotus which grows in the water, yet not a drop of water adheres to its petals. The man who walks in the noble path lives in the world, and yet his heart […]
Nothing is more hidden from us than the illusion which lives with us day by day, and our greatest illusion is to believe that we are what we think ourselves to be. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
The philosopher laughs, for he alone escapes being duped, while he sees other men the victims of persistent illusion. He is like some mischievous spectator of a ball who has cleverly taken all the strings from the violins, and yet sees musicians and dancers moving and pirouetting before him as though the music were still going on. Henri Amiel (1821 […]
As rain breaks through an ill-thatched house, passion will break through an unreflecting mind. As rain does not break through a well-thatched house, passion will not break through a well-reflecting mind. Buddhism (circa 500 B.C.E.)
His thought is quiet, his words and deeds are quiet, when he has won freedom by true knowledge. Buddhism (circa 500 B.C.E.)
He will be the physician that should be the patient. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
He that is proud eats up himself: pride is his own glass, his own trumpet, his own chronicle; and whatever praises itself but in the deed, devours the deed in the praise. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
The amity that wisdom knits not, folly may easily untie. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
A hundred thousand sheep are not more instructive than one sheep. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender. Henri Amiel (1821 – 1881)
