"The more a human being feels himself a self, tries to intensify this self and reach a never-attainable perfection, the more drastically he steps out of the center of being."

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Source : Eugen Herrigel (1964). “Zen”

Eugen Herrigel

#Self Quotes #Perfection Quotes #Trying Quotes

“Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God. I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.”
“Any religion or philosophy which is not based on a respect for life is not a true religion or philosophy.”
“We want to build colonies on the Moon, Mars, the Moons of other planets, and even nearby asteroids. We want to make space tourism and commerce routine.”
“He was Caesar and Pope in oÂne; but he was Pope without Pope's pretensions, Caesar without the legions of Caesar: without a standing army, without a bodyguard, without a palace, without a fixed revenue; if ever any man had the right to say that he ruled by the right divine, it was Mohammed, for he had all the power without its instruments and without its supports.”
“In America, as was the topic earlier about polygamy, consenting adults are supposed to do - be able to do whatever they want to each other... whether it's marrying multiple partners, marrying someone of the same sex, prostitution, marijuana. As long as you're not hurting anyone else, it's really none of the government's business.”

Source : "The Situation with Tucker Carlson", www.nbcnews.com. March 20, 2006.
“fiction is the great lie that tells the truth”
“I would venture to warn against too great intimacy with artists as it is very seductive and a little dangerous.”
“People help you or you help them and when we offer or receive help, we take in each other. And then we are saved.”

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