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“Ego is a social institution with no physical reality. The ego is simply your symbol of yourself.”

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Shunryu Suzuki, born on May 18, 1904, was a renowned Zen master from Japan. He played a significant role in spreading Zen culture in the Western world. more

“We try to evade the question of existence with property, prestige, power, possession, production, fun, and, ultimately, by trying to forget that we- that I- exist. No matter how much he thinks of God or goes to church, or how much he believes in religious ideas , if he, the whole man, is deaf to the question of existence, if he does not have an answer to it, he is marking time, and he lives and dies like one of the million things he produces. He thinks of God, instead of experiencing God.”

“. . . if we have children. When they are just born we do everything for them. We are omnipotent, they are completely dependent on us, but then when they grow up you must take back your influence on them, to give them freedom.”

Ifs Giving Children Wisdom Grows Born Growing Up Influence Dependent Omnipotent

Author:Jürgen Moltmann

“Science tells us how to heal and how to kill; it reduces our death rate in retail and then kills us wholesale in war; but only wisdom - desire coordinated in the light of all experience - can tell us when to heal and when to kill.”

War Wisdom Light Desire Rate Heal Retail Wholesale

Book:Story of Philosophy

Source: Story of Philosophy

“Antiphon, as another man gets pleasure from a good horse, or a dog, or a bird, I get even more pleasure from good friends. And if I have something good, I teach it to them, and I introduce them to others who will be useful to them with respect to virtue. And together with my friends I go through the treasures of wise men of old which they left behind written in books, and we peruse them. If we see something good, we pick it out and hold it to be a great profit, if we are able to prove useful to one another.”

Ifs Men Book Wisdom Able Together Left Pleasure Behinds Teach Virtue Wise Written Dog Prove Bird Picks My Friends Horse Profit Treasure Introducing Good Friend Left Behind Another Man Good Horse

Author:Socrates

“Those who are truly wise will remain unmoved by feelings of happiness and suffering, fame and disgrace, praise and blame, gain and loss.They will remain calm like the eye of a hurricane.”

Feelings Wisdom Eye Suffering Loss Wise Fame Gains Praise Blame Calm Disgrace Hurricanes Gains And Losses

Author:Gautama Buddha

“Intellect, without heart, is infinitely cruel. . . . So that, after all, the real aristocracy must be that of goodness where the intellect is directed by the heart.”

Heart Real Wisdom Goodness Intellect Aristocracy

Book:The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

Source: The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll

“Insignificant, is the loss of relatives, wealth and fame; The loss of wisdom is the greatest loss. Insignificant, is the increase of relatives, wealth and fame; The increase of wisdom is the highest gain. Therefore, you should train yourselves thus: "We will grow in the increase of wisdom" Thus you should train yourselves.”

Should Wisdom Grows Wealth Loss Fame Highest Gains Increase Train Insignificant

Author:Gautama Buddha

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