“I wasn't actually in love, but I felt a sort of tender curiosity.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“My teachings are easy to understand
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them,you'll fail.
My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their meaning?
If you want to know me,
Look inside your heart.”
― Tao Te Ching
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them,you'll fail.
My teachings are older than the world.
How can you grasp their meaning?
If you want to know me,
Look inside your heart.”
― Tao Te Ching
“All I kept thinking about, over and over, was 'You can't live forever; you can't live forever.”
― The Great Gatsby
― The Great Gatsby
“The wise man is one who, knows, what he does not know.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
“Close your mouth,
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.”
― Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
block off your senses,
blunt your sharpness,
untie your knots,
soften your glare,
settle your dust.
This is the primal identity.”
― Tao Te Ching: A Literal Translation With an Introduction, Notes, and Commentary
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