#Roots Quotes #Understanding Quotes #Return Quotes
“For only fools, fanatics, and mental cases can stand living at the highest pitch of soul; a sane person must be content with declaring that life would not be worth living without a spark of that mysterious fire.”
Source : Robert Musil (2015). “The Man Without Qualities: Picador Classic”, p.189, Pan Macmillan
“Unhappy women are given to protecting their sensitiveness by cynical gossip, by whining, by high-church and new-thought religions, or by a fog of vagueness.”
“I mean, at first, it was kind of disappointing. But people recover from disappointment. Otherwise we'd all be hanging from nooses. Right?”
“I felt like a fighter who was training for a title bout that had not been booked yet.”
“A gift isn't a gift unless it has meaning. Just giving things to people, especially children, create the expectation of more things.”
“A fantastic positive ATTITUDE makes a great day! SMILE!”
“A truly obedient man does not discriminate between one thing and another, since his only aim is to execute faithfully whatever may be assigned to him.”
“If I am part of a group of 100 people, do 99 people have the right to sentence me to death, just because they are majority?”
Bodhidharma Biographer
Dogen Philosopher
Hsu Yun
Huangbo Xiyun
Huineng
Linji Yixuan
Sheng-yen
Shenhui
Shitou Xiqian