Nic Grosan

“Anger is the punishment we give ourselves for someone else's mistake.”
― Gautama Buddha

“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
― Buddha

“Uncurious people do not lead examined lives; they cannot see causes that lie deeper than the surface.”
― Yvon Chouinard, Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman

“There are three stages in one’s spiritual development,” said the Master. “The carnal, the spiritual and the divine.” “What is the carnal stage?” asked the eager disciples. “That’s the stage when trees are seen as trees and mountains as mountains.” “And the spiritual?” “That’s when one looks more deeply into things—then trees are no longer trees and mountains no longer mountains.” “And the divine?” “Ah, that’s Enlightenment,” said the Master with a chuckle, “when trees become trees again and mountains, mountains.”
― Anthony de Mello, One Minute Wisdom