From Desiderius Erasmus: “The chief element of happiness is this: to want to be what you are.”
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Quote of the day 08/23/24
From Ludwig Wittgenstein: “Nothing is so difficult as not deceiving oneself.”
Quote of the day 08/01/24
From George Berkeley: “I know what I mean by the term I and myself; and I know this immediately, or intuitively, though I do not perceive it as I perceive a triangle, a colour, or a sound.”
Quote of the day 05/30/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “Your purpose is to be yourself. You don’t have to run anywhere to become someone else. You are wonderful just as you are.”
Quote of the day 05/21/24
From Alan Watts: “The more a person knows of himself, the more he will hesitate to define his nature and to assert what he must necessarily feel, and the more he will be astounded at his capacity to feel in unsuspected and unpredictable ways.”
Quote of the day 05/18/24
From Alan Watts: “In looking out upon the world, we forget that the world is looking at itself.”
Quote of the day 05/17/24
From Alan Watts: “A man does not really begin to be alive until he has lost himself, until he has released the anxious grasp which he normally holds upon his life, his property, his reputation and position.”
Quote of the day 05/13/24
From Alan Watts: “Through our eyes, the universe is perceiving itself. Through our ears, the universe is listening to its harmonies. We are the witnesses through which the universe becomes conscious of its glory, of its magnificence.”
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 05/01/24
From Dogen: “Forgetting oneself is opening oneself.”
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