From Zhuangzi: “A frog in a well cannot discuss the ocean, because he is limited by the size of his well. A summer insect cannot discuss ice, because it knows only its own season. A narrow-minded scholar cannot discuss the Tao, because he is constrained by his teachings. Now you have come out of yourContinue reading “Quote of the day 07/05/24”
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Quote of the day 05/11/24
From Dogen: “When you ride in a boat and watch the shore, you might assume that the shore is moving. But when you keep your eyes closely on the boat, you can see that the boat moves. Similarly, if you examine many things with a confused mind, you might suppose that your mind and natureContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/11/24”
Quote of the day 05/10/24
From Dogen: “When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots, but just paint Spring. To paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots is to paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots – it is not yet painting Spring.”
Quote of the day 04/13/24
From Ernest Hemingway: “There is no reason why because it is dark you should look at things differently from when it is light.”
Quote of the day 03/05/24
From Arthur Schopenhauer: “Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world.”
Quote of the day 01/17/24
From John Locke: “To prejudge other men’s notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.”
Quote of the day 01/03/24
From Douglas Adams: “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”
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