It is useless for the “self” to try to “purify itself,” or for the “self” to “make a place in itself” for God. Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (1870 – 1966)
Rudolf Steiner Quote – “We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror…”
We must eradicate from the soul all fear and terror of what comes towards man out of the future. We must acquire serenity in all feelings and sensations about the future. We must look forward with absolute equanimity to everything that may come. And we must think only that whatever comes is given to us by a world-directive full of […]
Seneca Quote – “Why does no man confess his vices?…”
Why does no man confess his vices? Because he is yet in them. It is for a waking man to tell his dream. Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
Seneca Quote – “How can a soul which misunderstands itself…”
How can a soul which misunderstands itself have a sure idea of other creatures? Seneca (4 B.C.E. – 65 A.D.)
Sun Tzu Quote – “If it is not advantageous, do not move…”
If it is not advantageous, do not move. If objectives can not be attained, do not employ the army. Unless endangered, do not engage in warfare. The ruler cannot mobilize the army out of personal anger. The general cannot engage in battle because of personal frustration. When it is advantageous, move When not advantageous, stop. Anger can revert to happiness, […]
Sun Tzu Quote – “Being unconquerable lies with yourself…”
In antiquity those that excelled in warfare first made themselves unconquerable in order to await (the moment when) the enemy could be conquered. Being unconquerable lies with yourself. Being conquerable lies with the enemy. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
Sun Tzu Quote – “One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered…”
One who knows the enemy and knows himself will not be endangered in a hundred engagements. One who does not know the enemy but knows himself will sometimes be victorious, sometimes meet with defeat. One who knows neither the enemy nor himself will invariably be defeated in every engagement. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
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.)
Sun Tzu Quote – “One who excels at moving the enemy…”
One who excels at moving the enemy deploys in a configuration to which the enemy must respond. He offers something that the enemy must seize. With profit he moves them, with the foundation he awaits them. Sun Tzu (545 – 470 B.C.E.)
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 […]