Knowledge is overrate. Humility is underrated.
tag > Philosophy
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few." - Shunryu Suzuki - Or in other words: "If you know nothing, everything becomes a miracle"
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A secret of happiness is: Spend less time with humans & more with trees.
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It's a funny reality we live in - we're born, we mess up a bunch of stuff and shortly after we die."Drink up! Life is short, but pussy is eternal!" - Quote from Paprika, 1991 Italian film by Tinto Brass
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The two-eyed man: "In the country of the blind, the one-eyed people run things, and the two-eyed people are in for a rough time!"
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"Anything you can't control is teaching you how to let go." - Zen saying
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“Semiotics is in principle the discipline studying everything which can be used in order to lie. If something cannot be used to tell a lie, conversely it cannot be used to tell the truth: it cannot in fact be used "to tell" at all.” ― Umberto Eco, A Theory of Semiotics
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Set an example: Just because some people carry hate in their heart, doesn’t mean you should too.
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"No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special." - Kodo Sawaki Roshi
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Ludwig Wittgenstein gatecrashed John Maynard Keynes' honeymoon, and he wouldn't leave for six days
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"The most powerful way to resist evil is to sit with a good friends who have turned their faces to God." - Rumi
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If you know nothing, everything becomes a miracle.
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's mind there are few."
- Shunryu Suzuki
