"The self is fundamentally an illusion arising as a reflection of the soul in matter, much as a clear lake at midnight reflects the moon."

--

Source : Fred Alan Wolf (1999). “The Spiritual Universe: One Physicists Vision of Spirit, Soul, Matter, and Self”, p.26, Red Wheel/Weiser

Fred Alan Wolf

#Reflection Quotes #Moon Quotes #Lakes Quotes

“What is considered sinful in one of the great religions to which citizens belong isn't necessarily sinful in the others. Criminal law therefore cannot be based on the notion of sin; it is crimes that it must define.”
“The very nature of cool is that you think about it too much and it becomes uncool.”

Source : "Rascal". Interview with Tad Friend, www.newyorker.com. June 23, 2014.
“As a child I assumed that when I reached adulthood, I would have grown-up thoughts.”
“I want to hold onto this funny thing. God, it's gotten big on me. I don't know what it is. I'm so damned unhappy, I'm so mad, and I don't know why. I feel like I'm putting on weight. I feel fat. I feel like I'm saving a lot of things, and I don't know what. I might even start reading books.”
“God knew my needs and took care accordingly.”
“You can ignore reality, but you can't ignore the consequences of ignoring reality.”
“Standing, I turned to face my father. â€œItâ€™s the same as the scent on Moore. Itâ€™s definitely a foreign cat, but itâ€™s...more, somehow.â€ Ethan snickered at my unintentional pun, but I ignored him.”
“For now she need not think of anybody. She coud be herself, by herself. And that was what now she often felt the need of - to think; well not even to think. To be silent; to be alone. All the being and the doing, expansive, glittering, vocal, evaporated; and one shrunk, with a sense of solemnity, to being oneself, a wedge-shaped core of darkness, something invisible to others... and this self having shed its attachments was free for the strangest adventures.”

You may also like:

Amit Goswami
Author
Denis Waitley
Writer
James Arthur Ray
Motivational speaker
Joe Vitale
Author
John Frederick Demartini
Author
John Hagelin
Physicist
Michael Beckwith
Author
Rhonda Byrne
Writer
Mike Dooley
Author