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“Birth is not the beginning of life - only of an individual awareness. Change into another state is not death - only the ending of this awareness.”
― Corpus Hermeticum
― Corpus Hermeticum
“In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness.”
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
― A Book of Five Rings: The Classic Guide to Strategy
“Modern man, instead of attempting to raise himself to truth, seeks to drag truth down to his own level.”
― The Crisis of the Modern World
― The Crisis of the Modern World
“The business of philosophy is to teach man to live in uncertainty... not to reassure him, but to upset him.”
― All Things are Possible
― All Things are Possible
“In the broad light of day mathematicians check their equations and their proofs, leaving no stone unturned in their search for rigour. But, at night, under the full moon, they dream, they float among the stars and wonder at the miracle of the heavens. They are inspired. Without dreams there is no art, no mathematics, no life.”
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