The head thinks. The heart knows.
All composite things pass away. Strive for your own liberation with diligence.
Nirvana is this moment seen directly. There is no where else than here. The only gate is now. The only doorway is your own body and mind. There’s nowhere to go. There’s nothing else to be. There’s no destination. It’s not something to aim for in the afterlife. It’s simply the quality of this moment.
He who has renounced all violence towards all living beings, weak or strong, who neither kills nor causes others to kill - him I do call a holy man.
Believe nothing, No matter where you read it, Or who has said it, Not even if I have said it, Unless it agrees with your own reason And your own common sense.
The good renounce everything. The pure don't babble about sensual desires. Whether touched by pleasure or pain, the wise show no change of temper.
Treat not others in ways that you yourself would find hurtful.
The world is a nest of crows; some caw in praise; some caw in derision. But men should be above the reach of praise and blame.
I stopped painting in 1990 at the peak of my success just to deny people my beautiful paintings, and I did it out of spite.
When people ask me what's my field? I say, on one hand, a fractalist. Perhaps the only one, the only full-time one.
THE MAN. Can't they realize that mankind was founded on two basic principles? Religion and Death? The one motivates the other. Both motivate the man!