The perfect man employs his mind as a mirror. It grasps nothing. It refuses nothing. It receives, but does not keep. Zhuang Zhou (369 – 286 B.C.E.)
Zhuang Zhou (Chuang Tzu) Quote – “How can I tell why I do this, or why I do that?”
Shade said to Shadow, “A little while ago, you were moving, and now you are standing still. A little while ago, you were sitting down, and now you are getting up. Why all this indecision?” Shadow replied, “Don’t I have to depend on others to be what I am? Don’t others also have to depend on something else to be […]
Chief Joseph Quote – “The Earth and myself are of one mind.”
The Earth and myself are of one mind. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Joseph Quote – “We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything…”
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man a spirit home according to his deserts. This I believe, and all my people believe the same. Chief Jospeh, Nez Perce (1840 – 1904)
Chief Dan George Quote – “Oh Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds…”
Oh Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, I come to you as one of your many children. I need your strength and your wisdom. Make me strong not to be superior to my brother, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy, Myself. Chief Dan George (1899 – 1981)
Thomas Traherne Quote – “Such endless depths lie in the Divinity…”
Such endless depths lie in the Divinity, and in the wisdom of God, that as he maketh one, so he maketh every one the end of the World, and the supernumerary persons being enrichers of his inheritance. Adam and the World are both mine. And the posterity of Adam enrich it infinitely. Souls are God’s jewels, every one of which […]
Thomas Traherne Quote – “So hath God by rational methods enabled us to love others…”
So hath God by rational methods enabled us to love others better than ourselves, and thereby made us the most glorious creatures. Had we not loved ourselves at all, we could never have been obliged to love anything. So that self-love is the basis of all love. But when we do love ourselves, and self-love is satisfied infinitely in all […]
Henry David Thoreau – “If you have built castles in the air…”
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “How can he remember well his ignorance…”
How can he remember well his ignorance, which his growth requires, who has so often to use his knowledge? Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)
Henry David Thoreau Quote – “We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake…”
We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn, which does not forsake us in our soundest sleep. Henry David Thoreau (1817 – 1862)