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)
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)
George Eliot Quote – “Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out…”
Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self. George Eliot (1819 – 1880)
George MacDonald Quote – “That which is within a man…”
That which is within a man, not that which lies beyond his vision, is the main factor in what is about to befall him. George MacDonald (1824 – 1905)
William Shakespeare Quote – “Most miserable is the desire that’s glorious…”
Most miserable Is the desire that’s glorious: blest be those, How mean soe’er, that have their honest wills, Which seasons comfort. William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616)
William Shakespeare Quote – “In the corrupted currents of this world…”
In the corrupted currents of this world Offence’s gilded hand may shove by justice; And oft ’tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law. But ’tis not so above; There is no shuffling, there the action lies In his true nature; and we ourselves compell’d, Even to the teeth and forehead of our faults, To give in evidence. […]
Khalil Gibran Quote – “Your joy is your sorrow unmasked…”
Your joy is your sorrow unmasked. And the selfsame well from which your laughter rises was oftentimes filled with your tears. And how else can it be? The deeper that sorrow carves into your being, the more joy you can contain. Khalil Gibran (1883 – 1931)
Paul Brunton Quote – “If there is so much friction, violence, and tension…”
If there is so much friction, violence, and tension in the world, it is only because so many individual persons themselves are inwardly experiencing these things… If there is so little real peace in the world, it is only because there is so little real peace in the individuals who live in the world. Paul Brunton (1898 – 1981)