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“An eye for an eye will only make the whole world blind.”
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“Freedom from the known is death, and then you are living. … The burden of the past gives rise to its own continuity and the worries of yesterday give new life to the worry of today. How necessary it is to die each day, to die each minute to everything, to the many yesterdays and to the moment that has just gone by. Without death there is no renewing, without death there is no creation.”
― In Love With Death
― In Love With Death
“The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.”
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“Life, he wrote, “is a dangerous situation.” It is the frailty of life that makes it precious;”
― Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
― Advice for Future Corpses (and Those Who Love Them): A Practical Perspective on Death and Dying
“there are two kinds of thoughts that dominate almost all humans: thoughts revolving around our own history and thoughts revolving around our own future. These thoughts are mesmerising, and they all have the same fingerprints: my life. It’s as though you’re walking through life lugging these two big, heavy, important bags with you – one containing all your thoughts about your history, the other all your thoughts about your future. They’re wonderful, valuable bags. But try putting them down, just for a bit. See if you can greet some part of life more immediately, here and now. And if you’re successful, you can pick the bags back up later. If you want to.”
― I May Be Wrong: And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk
― I May Be Wrong: And Other Wisdoms From Life as a Forest Monk
Chamnongsri’s 2025 Year in Books
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