About him it is said he was born laughing. Every child enters this world crying. Only one child in all of history laughed at the time of his birth, and that was Zarathustra.
“Nature may reach the same result in many ways. Like a wave in the physical world, in the infinite ocean of the medium which pervades all, so in the world of organisms, in life, an impulse started proceeds onward, at times, may be, with the speed of light, at times, again, so slowly that for ages and ages it seems to stay, passing through processes of a complexity inconceivable to men, but in all its forms, in all its stages, its energy ever and ever integrally present. A single ray of light from a distant star falling upon the eye of a tyrant in bygone times may have altered the course of his life, may have changed the destiny of nations, may have transformed the surface of the globe, so intricate, so inconceivably complex are the processes in Nature. In no way can we get such an overwhelming idea of the grandeur of Nature than when we consider, that in accordance with the law of the conservation of energy, throughout the Infinite, the forces are in a perfect balance, and hence the energy of a single thought may determine the motion of a universe.”
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“How is it that hardly any major religion has looked at science and concluded, “This is better than we thought! The Universe is much bigger than our prophets said, grander, more subtle, more elegant?” Instead they say, “No, no, no! My god is a little god, and I want him to stay that way.” A religion, old or new, that stressed the magnificence of the Universe as revealed by modern science might be able to draw forth reserves of reverence and awe hardly tapped by the conventional faiths.”
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
― Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space
“When you show yourself to the world and display your talents, you naturally stir all kinds of resentment, envy, and other manifestations of insecurity... you cannot spend your life worrying about the petty feelings of others”
― The 48 Laws of Power
― The 48 Laws of Power
“ഞാനെന്റെ വാല്മീകത്തിൽ ഇത്തിരി നേരം ധ്യാന ലീനനായ് ഇരുന്നത് മൗനമായ് മാറാനല്ല. മൗനത്തെ മഹാശബ്ദമാക്കുവാൻ, നിശ്ചഞ്ചല ധ്യാനത്തെ ചലനമായ് ശക്തിയായ് ഉണർത്തുവാൻ. അന്തരിന്ദ്രീയ നാഭീ പത്മത്തിനുള്ളിൽ പ്രാണസ്പന്ദങ്ങൾ സ്വരൂപിച്ച് വിശ്വരൂപങ്ങൾ തീർക്കാൻ. അവയും ഞാനും തമ്മിൽ ഒന്നാകാൻ.”
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