Pierre Van Eeckhout

“But desperation easily turns into fanaticism. People adopt inflexible views as a comforting defense mechanism when they find themselves threatened and overwhelmed by forces they cannot control.”
― Stephen Batchelor, After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age

“The experience of nirvana marks a turning point in an individual’s life, not a final and immutable goal. After the experience one knows that one is free not to act on the impulses that naturally arise in reaction to a given situation.”
― Stephen Batchelor, After Buddhism: Rethinking the Dharma for a Secular Age

“Les plus grands crosseurs que j'ai rencontrés vous planteront leurs yeux dans les vôtres. Le regard qui fuit dit toujours plus de vérités que celui qui confronte.”
― Marc Séguin, La foi du braconnier

“The sage’s ego has died, thus he does not pursue activities with the notion that he is the doer; instead, like an actor playing his part in a drama—free from [emotions such as] “love” or “hate.”  Then, there is no agitation of mind, sense of doership, and personality: when all that is stopped, there is quiet, stillness.”
― Robert Wolfe, Ramana Maharshi: Teachings of Self-Realization