Talk with M. Hermite. He never evokes a concrete image, yet you soon perceive that the more abstract entities are to him like living creatures.
The serene and peaceful mind is the true epitome of human achievement.
The Dharma Path is to keep walking forward. But the true Dharma has no going forward, no going backward, and no standing still.
Read yourself, not books. Truth isn't outside, that's only memory, not wisdom. Memory without wisdom is like an empty thermos bottle - if you don't fill it, it's useless.
You are your own teacher. Looking for teachers can’t solve your own doubts. Investigate yourself to find the truth - inside, not outside. Knowing yourself is most important.
Learn to see that it is not things that bother us, that we go out to bother them. See the world as a mirror. It is all a reflection of the mind. When you know this, you can grow in every moment, and every experience reveals truth and brings understanding.
Why are we born? We are born so that we will not have to be born again.
The greatest test of Christianity is the wear and tear of daily life; it is like the shining of silver: the more it is rubbed the brighter it grows.
Literature in its most comprehensive sense is the autobiography of humanity.
Ensuring the access of all citizens to government information and to essential information for human development is a must for every democratic society.
I always found it satisfying that gravity was described by Einstein's geometric theory of general relativity.