"Zen values the simple, concrete, living facts of everyday direct personal experience."

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Source : James H. Austin (1999). “Zen and the Brain: Toward an Understanding of Meditation and Consciousness”, p.12, MIT Press

James H. Austin

#Simple Quotes #Everyday Quotes #Experience Quotes

“The immortality of the soul is a matter which is of so great consequence to us and which touches us so profoundly that we must have lost all feeling to be indifferent about it.”

Source : Orestes Augustus Brownson (1840). “Charles Elwood: Or, the Infidel Converted”, p.90
“What is or is not the jargon is determined by whether the word is written in an intonation which places it transcendently in opposition to its own meaning; by whether the individual words are loaded at the expense of the sentence, its propositional force, and the thought content.”
“To extend oneself does not necessarily mean to have an erection.”
“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”
“My songs, they have just the one chord, there's none of that fancy stuff you hear now, with lots of chords in one song. If I find another chord I leave it for another song.”
“Democracy is "government of, by and for the people".”
“Human happiness is defined by the hardships and conflicts you have been through. The greater they are, the greater is your happiness.”

Source : Peter Deunov (2010). “Love Is All Forgiving: Reflections on Love and Spirituality”, p.113, Health Communications, Inc.
“I feel myself becoming the fearless person I have dreamt of being. Have I arrived? No. But I'm constantly evolving and challenging myself to be unafraid to make mistakes.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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