Ivan Mwiruki > Ivan's Quotes

“I don't really believe anything I say. Because the nature of my work concerns the spaces between the words, rather than the words themselves.”
― Ram Dass

“We're all just walking each other home.”
― Ram Dass

“Every religion is the product of the conceptual mind attempting to describe the mystery.”
― ram dass

“Across planes of consciousness, we have to live with the paradox that opposite things can be simultaneously true.”
― ram dass

“Once you realize that the road is the goal and that you are always on the road, not to reach a goal, but to enjoy its beauty and its wisdom, life ceases to be a task and becomes natural and simple, in itself an ecstasy.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Nothing ever goes wrong."
(Tidak ada satu pun yang berjalan keliru)”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj

“It has nothing to do with effort. Just turn away, look between the thoughts, rather than at the thoughts. When you happen to walk in a crowd, you do not fight every man you meet, you just find your way between. When you fight, you invite a fight. But when you do not resist, you meet no resistance. When you refuse to play the game, you are out of it.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“As you watch your mind, you discover your self as the watcher. When you stand motionless, only watching, you discover your self as the light behind the watcher. The source of light is dark, unknown is the source of knowledge. That source alone is. Go back to that source and abide there.
"I Am That" - pg 188”
― Nisargadatta Maharaj

“The mind creates the abyss, the heart crosses it.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Whatever happens, happens to you by you, through you; you are the creator, enjoyer and destroyer of all you perceive.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“All you need is already within you, only you must approach yourself with reverence and love. Self-condemnation and self-distrust are grievous errors . . .”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“You will receive everything you need when you stop asking for what you do not need”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“There is no such thing as a person. There are only restrictions and limitations. The sum total of these defines the person. You think you know yourself when you know what you are. But you never know who you are. The person merely appears to be, like the space within the pot appears to have the shape and volume and smell of the pot. See that you are not what you believe yourself to be. Fight with all the strength at your disposal against the idea that you are nameable and describable. You are not. Refuse to think of yourself in terms of this or that. There is no other way out of misery, which you have created for yourself through blind acceptance without investigation. Suffering is a call for enquiry, all pain needs investigation. Don’t be too lazy to think.”
― Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj

“Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
Walk beside me… just be my friend”
― Albert Camus

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.”
― Albert Camus

“In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer.”
― Albert Camus

“Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.”
― Albert Camus

“Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal.”
― Albert Camus

“Should I kill myself, or have a cup of coffee?”
― Albert Camus

“Live to the point of tears.”
― Albert Camus

“You know what charm is: a way of getting the answer yes without having asked any clear question.”
― Albert Camus, The Fall

“Real generosity towards the future lies in giving all to the present.”
― Albert Camus, Notebooks 1935-1942

“Blessed are the hearts that can bend; they shall never be broken.”
― Albert Camus

“To be happy, we must not be too concerned with others.”
― Albert Camus

“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.”
― Albert Camus

“Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.”
― Albert Camus

“I may not have been sure about what really did interest me, but I was absolutely sure about what didn't.”
― Albert Camus, The Stranger

“Always go too far, because that's where you'll find the truth”
― Albert Camus