“Give us this day our daily Faith, but deliver us, dear God, from Belief.”
― Island
― Island
“...two thirds of all sorrow is homemade and, so far as the universe is concerned, unnecessary.”
― Island
― Island
“which is better - to be born stupid into an intelligent society or intelligent into an insane one?”
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― Island
“Eating, drinking, dying - three primary manifestations of the universal and impersonal life. Animals live that impersonal and universal life without knowing its nature. Ordinary people know its nature but don't live it and, if they think seriously about it, refuse to accept it. An enlightened person knows it, lives it, and accepts it completely. He eats, he drinks, and in due course he dies - but he eats with a difference, drinks with a difference, dies with a difference.”
― Island
― Island
“Well... ...That's what you always forget, isn't it? I mean, you forget to pay attention to what's happening. And that's the same as not being here and now.”
― Island
― Island
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