Lao Tzu Quotes
Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
Quotes to Explore
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I never took hallucinogenic drugs because I never wanted my consciousness expanded one unnecessary iota.
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So I went to English school, secondary English school, so forget going to Mecca for my religious education.
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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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I felt I had to solve everyone's problems.
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It's tough to be 68 and dating. I've given it up now.
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History is a race between education and catastrophe.
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I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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Even Gaddafi's adversaries assure us that he stood out for his intelligence as a student; he was expelled from high-school for his anti-monarchic activities. He managed to enroll in another high-school and later graduated in law at the University of Benghazi at the age of 21.
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If you want to be happy, make others happy!
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When you have a movie, you know who they start out as and where they go. But this is constantly changing, and you're growing with the character.
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I left for Petersburg in August, 1871 and stayed there until 1879.
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If in preaching the gospel you substitute your knowledge of the way of salvation for confidence in the power of the gospel, you hinder people from getting to reality.
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Creating new jobs for Pennsylvanians continues to be my highest priority throughout the Commonwealth.
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All action results from thought, so it is thoughts that matter.
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I don't sit and write stand-up material; I come up with an idea onstage.
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Under the law, the government, whether it's state, local or federal, cannot give the Catholic Church or any religious institution money directly.
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We have no Arab intellectuals of international stature because we live in a state of generalized mediocrity. We are suspended in the pit without touching the bottom.
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There is a certain kind of person who is so dominated by the desire to be loved for himself alone that he has constantly to test those around him by tiresome behavior; what he says and does must be admired, not because it is intrinsically admirable, but because it is his remark, his act. Does not this explain a good deal of avant-garde art?
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The ways of creation are wrapt in mystery. We may only marvel, and bow our head.
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One of the keystones of romantic love - and also of the ecstatic religion practiced by mystics - is the powerful desire to become one with the beloved.
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A simple fishing boat in the midst of the rippling waters is enough to awaken in the mind of the beholder a sense of vastness of the sea and at the same time of peace and contentment - the Zen sense oof the alone.
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Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations.
