"Wisdom leads to unity, but ignorance to separation. So long as God seems to be outside and far away, there is ignorance. But when God is realised within, that is true knowledge."

-- Ramakrishna

#Ignorance Quotes #Long Quotes #Meditation Quotes

“Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa Lobos?”
“A healthy newborn has been delivered in a more or less satisfying fashion. The baby is feeding well, has short nails and a clean bottom, and has not drowned. What now?”
“He didnt know what was defeating him, but he sensed it was something he could not cope with, something that was far beyond his power to control or even at this point in time comprehend.”
“We can learn so much looking outside our core field of expertise.”
“Live mindful of how brief your life is.”
“Mouth in gear, brain stuck in neutral.”
“Working on photography is working on oneself.”
“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? Where, indeed. Many a badly stung survivor, faced with the aftermath of some relative's funeral, has ruefully concluded that the victory has been won hands down by a funeral establishment - in disastrously unequal battle.”

Source : Jessica Mitford (2011). “The American Way of Death Revisited”, p.14, Vintage

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