Leap, and the net will appear.
-John Burroughs
Category: General
A man can fail many times but he…
A man can fail many times, but he isn’t a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.
-John Burroughs
Do not go gentle into that good night…
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
-Dylan Thomas, 1914 – 1953
It is better to burn out than to…
It is better to burn out than to fade away.
-Neil Young / Rust never sleeps / 1979
-Kurt Cobain / Suicide note / 1994
The true knowledge of the self is not…
The true knowledge of the self is not a knowledge. It is not something that you find by searching, by looking everywhere. It is not to be found in space and time. Knowledge is but a memory, a pattern of thought, a mental habit. All these are motivated by pleasure and pain. It is because you are goaded by pleasure and pain that you are in search of knowledge. Being oneself is completely beyond all motivation. You cannot be yourself for some reason. You are yourself and no reason is needed.
-Nisargadatta Maharaj