"We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen."

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Source : Complete Collection of Sawaki Kodo, vol. 15, p. 336, 1966.

Kodo Sawaki

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“People do not consciously and rationally choose the form of their society. Societies develop through processes of social evolution that are not under rational human control.”

Source : The Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski (2005). “The Unabomber Manifesto: Industrial Society and Its Future”, p.46, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.
“I've got absolutely no real perception, properly, of time.”
“Most people who have survived abuse have great strength.”
“When the true qualities of photography are recognized, the process of representation by mechanical means will be brought to a level of perfection never before reached.”
“Trying to save ecosystems has more to do with changing egosystems.”
“I spent my summers in Connecticut scooping ice cream and babysitting.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience.”
“The Founding Fathers worried that some common impulse of passion might lead many to subvert the rights of the few. Its a rational fear, one that is played out endlessly.”

Source : "Right blogs on guns: 'We win'" by Kevin Cirilli, www.politico.com. April 18, 2013.

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