Human desire tends to be insatiable.
ALAN WATTSThe more we try to live in the world of words, the more we feel isolated and alone, the more all the joy and liveliness of things is exchanged for mere certainty and security.
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Nothing satisfies an individual incapable of enjoyment.
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Just as money is not real, consumable wealth, books are not life. To idolize scriptures is like eating paper currency.
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We do not “come into” this world; we come out of it, as leaves from a tree. As the ocean “waves,” the universe “peoples.” Every individual is an expression of the whole realm of nature, a unique action of the total universe.
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We know that from time to time, there arise among human beings, people who seem to exude love as naturally as the sun gives out heat.
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When you find out that there was never anything in the dark side to be afraid of, Nothing is left but to love.
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The source of all light is in the eye.
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Other people teach us who we are. Their attitudes to us are the mirror in which we learn to see ourselves, but the mirror is distorted. We are, perhaps, rather dimly aware of the immense power of our social enviornment.
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Faith is an act of trust in the unknown.
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Like too much alcohol, self-consciousness makes us see ourselves double.
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The ego-self constantly pushes reality away. It constructs a future out of empty expectations and a past out of regretful memories.
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We feel that our actions are voluntary when they follow a decision and involuntary when they happen without decision.
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Genuine love comes from knowledge, not from a sense of duty or guilt.
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You’re under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.
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Stay in the center, and you will be ready to move in any direction.
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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