If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of
the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of
the universe, the speculum of all creation.
-- Chuang Tzu
the mind! The mind of the sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of
the universe, the speculum of all creation.
-- Chuang Tzu
Related:
- The perfect man uses his mind as a mirror.
It grasps nothing.
It regrets nothing. It receives but does not keep.... - On an occaision of this kind it becomes more than a moral duty to speak
one's mind.
It becomes a pleasure. --Oscar Wilde, from The Importance... - A drop of water has the tastes of the water of the seven seas:
there is no need to experience all the ways of worldly... - Every man is apt to form his notions of things difficult to be apprehended,
or less familiar, from their analogy to things which... - More ramblings from the mind
of Bob ... - Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation and in cold
weather becomes frozen;
even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. ... - Standards are different for all things, so the standard set by man is by
no means the only 'certain' standard.
If you mistake what is relative for something certain... - It is wise to empty the mind & fill the belly
- Lao... - Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold
weather becomes frozen;
even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind. George...
From the same category:
- Never say never
again... - We hold that each man is the best judge of his own interest.
John... - I like my women to be...well..
hockey players... - We ARE as gods and might as well get good at it.
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Whole Earth... - Insert prong A into hole B and
twist HARD...
