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Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The burning ambition exile the pleasures of youth to govern alone.
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The mind reaches great heights only by spurts.
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The mind of man is more intuitive than logical, and comprehends more than it can coordinate.
Mind |
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If our friends do us a service, we think they owe it to us by their title of friend. We never think that they do not owe us their friendship.
Children | Dependence | Energy | Glory | Judgment | Love | Memory | Mind | Order | Success | Teach | Truth |
Tommaso Campanella, baptized Giovanni Domenico Campanella
But the accusation and witnesses are produced in the presence of the judge and Power; the accused person makes his defense, and he is immediately acquitted or condemned by the judge; and if he appeals to the triumvirate, on the following day he is acquitted or condemned.
The impulses which flow in the arm nerves of a typist convey to her fingers the translated information which reaches her eye or ear, in order that the fingers may be caused to strike the proper keys. Might not these currents be intercepted, either in the original form in which information is conveyed to the brain, or in the marvelously metamorphosed form in which they then proceed to the hand?
Association | Memory | Mind | Work | Association |
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The lack of ambition, in large, is sometimes the source of many vices; their duties breed contempt, arrogance, cowardice and weakness.
Mind |
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The mind does not need to know.
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
Some are born to invent, others to embellish; but the gilder attracts more attention than the architect.
Mind |
Vauvenargues, Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues NULL
The moderation of great men only sets a limit to their vices. The moderation of weak men is mediocrity.
Mind |
Abuse of any one generally shows that he has marked traits of character. The stupid and indifferent are passed by in silence.
Glory | Indispensable | Mind | Sound |
It has been said that science is opposed to, and in conflict with revelation. But the history of the former shows that the greater its progress, and the more accurate its investigations and results, the more plainly it is seen not only not to clash with the latter, but in all things to confirm it. The very sciences from which objections have been brought against religion have, by their own progress, removed those objections, and in the end furnished full confirmation of the inspired Word of God.
Hsuan Hua, aka An Tzu and Tu Lun
If you can regard the Sutra lectures as being especially important, then you have pretty much fulfilled your duties as a Buddhist.
Hsuan Hua, aka An Tzu and Tu Lun
The image of the Buddha on the altar is clearly not a divinity or Sage. It is a representation, an artistic image ... that points back to human who realized the highest wisdom. The Buddha cultivated his nature to an awakened state. The image symbolizes his realization of humanity's potential and aspiration for the highest goodness and compassion. When you bow, symbolically you honor your own potential for great wisdom. Furthermore, bowing is good exercise. It is not idol worship, which is superstitious and passive. Bowing to the Buddha is a practice of a principle; it is dynamic and active.
Anger | Blame | Conduct | Good | Ignorance | Mind | Praise |