37 Quotes About Eastern-philosophy

I am too mediocre to be now at Oxford (Apeejay House) and on going at India's best site in Publishing Interview of Authors.

anything truly revolutionary is created by a few who see what is true and are willing to live according to that truth; but to discover what is true demands freedom from tradition, which means freedom from all fears.

(When asked what he thought of Western civilization): 'I think it would be a good idea.

An educated man believing in a this-that vile sky-god rewarding him-her, but punishing your enemies with hell and fire, is uneducated.

To Taoism that which is absolutely still or absolutely perfect is absolutely dead, for without the possibility of growth and change there can be no Tao. In reality there is nothing in the universe which is completely perfect or completely still; it is only in the minds of men that such concepts exist.

Compassion is not complete if it does not include oneself.

Look at this leaf. When you’re standing close to it you can see every single detail of the leaf. You may think that it’s important to see things, like this leaf, up close but that is an incorrect notion because it is also important to view things from afar. That’s why it is necessary to look at all perspectives of an issue or of an object. --The Unnamed Samurai (Chapter 5)

When affirmation and negation came into being, Tao faded. After Tao faded, then came one-sided attachments.

Practice emptiness to the extreme.Keep stillness whole.Myriad things act in concert. I therefore watch their return. All things flourish, and each returns to its root.Return to the root is called Quietude.Quietude is called Way of Life.Way of Life is called Constant.Acting without knowing this constant can be harmful.Understanding this Constant is called receptivity, which is impartial.Impartiality is Kingship.Kingship is Heaven.Heaven is the Tao.Though you lose the body, you do not die.