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“Rushing into action, you fail.
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.”
― Tao Te Ching
Trying to grasp things, you lose them.
Forcing a project to completion,
you ruin what was almost ripe.
Therefore the Master takes action
by letting things take their course.
He remains as calm at the end
as at the beginning.
He has nothing,
thus has nothing to lose.
What he desires is non-desire;
what he learns is to unlearn.
He simply reminds people
of who they have always been.
He cares about nothing but the Tao.
Thus he can care for all things.”
― Tao Te Ching
“The study of mathematics is apt to commence in disappointment... We are told that by its aid the stars are weighed and the billions of molecules in a drop of water are counted. Yet, like the ghost of Hamlet's father, this great science eludes the efforts of our mental weapons to grasp it.”
― An Introduction to Mathematics
― An Introduction to Mathematics
“Tell me again about the girl whose hands
have no color. Whose hands are completely
white. This time make them damned, or
untouched, or have her open a red umbrella
or point at some maple leaves and damned
near cry. Those hands. As freakish goes,
I wish I had a tail. Maybe then you’d know
how much I like you. It shakes me through,
damn through. It shakes me. When she carries
a peacock feather. When she touches her neck
or thighs. You’re a person. It’s not so bad.
You have hands. You are a person with hands
to hold things. Things you like. Tremendous
things. Tell me what you will hold today. I
know there is room for everything. There is no
need to be ceremonious. Tell what gets let go.”
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have no color. Whose hands are completely
white. This time make them damned, or
untouched, or have her open a red umbrella
or point at some maple leaves and damned
near cry. Those hands. As freakish goes,
I wish I had a tail. Maybe then you’d know
how much I like you. It shakes me through,
damn through. It shakes me. When she carries
a peacock feather. When she touches her neck
or thighs. You’re a person. It’s not so bad.
You have hands. You are a person with hands
to hold things. Things you like. Tremendous
things. Tell me what you will hold today. I
know there is room for everything. There is no
need to be ceremonious. Tell what gets let go.”
―
“Some pain has no relief,it can only be sealed
You can grasp the wound to feel the scar unhealed.”
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You can grasp the wound to feel the scar unhealed.”
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“Not to understand is profound; to understand is shallow. Not to understand is to be on the inside; to understand is to be on the outside.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“Do not avert your eyes.
It is important
that you see this.
It is important that you feel
this.”
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It is important
that you see this.
It is important that you feel
this.”
―
“Listen.
Do you see
that you can’t hear snowfall?
Look.
Do you sense
that you can’t see love?
Touch.
Do you grasp
that you can’t catch poems?
Try.
Smell this glass.
Go on taste this cloud.
These material senses won’t get you far until
you feel
the velvet glove caress your soul.”
―
Do you see
that you can’t hear snowfall?
Look.
Do you sense
that you can’t see love?
Touch.
Do you grasp
that you can’t catch poems?
Try.
Smell this glass.
Go on taste this cloud.
These material senses won’t get you far until
you feel
the velvet glove caress your soul.”
―
“It is usually unbearably painful to read a book by an author who knows way less than you do, unless the book is a novel.”
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“To think that we grasp the fullness of life is to say that by holding a mere drop of water in our hands we are able to understand the immensity of the ocean.”
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“Hope is a beautiful and magical thing. Grasp it tight, monsieur, and never let go.”
― Beauty of the Beast: A Dark Beauty and the Beast Retelling
― Beauty of the Beast: A Dark Beauty and the Beast Retelling
“In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.”
― Thirukkural
― Thirukkural
“Man has to postulate weirdness,
before reaching the new science.”
― Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
before reaching the new science.”
― Betelgeuse Incident: Insiden Bait Al-Jauza
“When twilight sleeps holding the night
In your arms you embrace me tight
Runaway hours clenched by kisses
More of your love my heart misses”
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In your arms you embrace me tight
Runaway hours clenched by kisses
More of your love my heart misses”
―
“Everything is transitory. What are we trying to grasp or hold?? What are we worried about??”
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“If only you could fully grasp how valuable, how limited and how unique every moment of your life is, you would never stand as still as a statue even a single moment because action is real living!”
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“Of all the ways that God could show up, He showed up by coming down. Therefore, despite the shortness of my reach it is never outside the length of His grasp.”
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“Sometimes, the simplest things are very difficult for people to grasp.”
― The Society In Opposition To Everything
― The Society In Opposition To Everything
“Those who meet objections to their forcing their religion on others with cries of 'Show respect!' clearly have no grasp of irony.”
― Autumn Burning: Dreadtime Stories for the Wicked Soul
― Autumn Burning: Dreadtime Stories for the Wicked Soul
“I grasp words for the sake of clutching
My mind considers them heart touching
Right then I write for my reader's pleasure
Not knowing what distance a soul can measure”
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My mind considers them heart touching
Right then I write for my reader's pleasure
Not knowing what distance a soul can measure”
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“It is your job to get the hard facts right to grasp the truth totally. It is better to build inner strength and try inside-out approach rather than using quick fixes suggested by experts in the business of selling fallacy in the guise of truth, hope and positive thinking.”
― 31 Ways to Happiness
― 31 Ways to Happiness
“If my actions do not exceed the reach of my grasp, I will have lived out my life in the sphere of self rather than the world of another. And I can hardly define that as living.”
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“We were in ways I can’t seem to grasp. We moved like fluid, scattering our love throughout each other. We moved along, out of our eyes and through our veins. It was unintentionally and in turn, unconditionally.”
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