

“If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.”
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend
― Demian: Die Geschichte von Emil Sinclairs Jugend

“To seek is to suffer. To seek nothing is bliss.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“Not thinking about anything is Zen. Once you know this, walking, sitting, or lying down, everything you do is Zen.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“People of this world are deluded. They’re always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking. But the wise wake up. They choose reason over custom. They fix their minds on the sublime and let their bodies change with the seasons. All phenomena are empty. They contain nothing worth desiring.”
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
― The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma

“Do you have the patience to wait until your mud settles and the water is clear?”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching

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