“All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone.”
― Pensées
― Pensées
“If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.”
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
― The Marriage of Heaven and Hell
“I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain. One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself, forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.”
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“The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there.”
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
― Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values
“We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.”
― Mother Night
― Mother Night
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