Home / Quotes / Quote by Ming-Dao Deng

Quote by Ming-Dao Deng

“The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?”

Quote by Ming-Dao Deng

Author

Ming-Dao Deng is an author known for his works in the field of philosophy and spirituality. Born in 1954, he has made significant contributions to the understanding of Eastern and Western thought, blending both in his writing. His books often explore the intersection of personal growth, mindfulness, and the pursuit of a meaningful life. more

You May Also Like

“The physiological law of Transfer of Energy is the basis of human success and happiness. There is no action without expenditure of energy, and if energy be not expended the power to generate it is lost. This law shows itself in a thousand ways in the life of man. The arm which is not used becomes palsied. The wealth which comes by chance weakens and destroys. The good which is unused turns to evil. The charity which asks no effort cannot relieve the misery she creates.”

Source: The strength of being clean: the physiological laws governing the pursuit of happiness ; The philosophy of hope : understanding the process by which hope displaces despair : an owners manual to the human soul

“Your life will be rich for others only as it is rich for you.”

Author:David McCord

“The cricket's gone, we only hear machines In erg and atom they exact their pay. And life is largely lived on silver screens.”

Life Life Is Pay Gone Machines Screens Silver Atoms Cricket Ergs

Author:David McCord

“Yup, gardening and laughing are two of the best things in life you can do to promote good health and a sense of well being.”

Life Wells Two Can Do Laughing Laughter Well Being Best Things Gardening Things In Life Good Health Best Things In Life

Author:David Hobson

“How did they manage to raise their children in righteousness? The principles become part of their lives, and when it becomes part of their life, it isn't difficult to do.”

Life Children Difficult Principles Difficulty Raises Manage Righteousness

Author:David B. Haight

“If we seek first the Kingdom of God and live as we should, all the rest of life seems to fall into place and wonderful things happen.”

Ifs Life Should Firsts Seems Happens Fall Wonderful Things Happen Kingdoms Wonderful Things Kingdom Of God Fall Into Place Rest Of Life

Author:David B. Haight

“We've had a wonderful, wonderful life together. We've been in many places, we've had the experiences, and now we have the memories. But most of all we have developed the solid knowledge and understanding and background regarding the foundation stones of life, so that we know for a surety that what we are doing [in helping to build the Kingdom of God] is true. Those foundation stones are granite stones; not soft, not limestones. They are granite.”

Knows Life Helping Together Understanding Memories Knowledge Wonderful Stones Foundation Backgrounds Kingdoms Kingdom Of God Wonderful Life Life Together Granite Knowledge And Understanding Limestone

Author:David B. Haight

“You can walk as carefully as you want through a mine field; it is still a mine field. But it's also true that if you step up to the plate worrying that you're going to strike out, the odds are that you're going to strike out. Not doing a large ambitious work because you're convinced that Danger Lurks Around Every Corner, the old 'I might be dead this time next year,' is a waste of the Inner Radiance that found you. It's like life insurance. It's betting against yourself. It's blowing out your own flame before someone beats you to it.”

Ifs Want Life Years Stills Might Next Found Work Walks Steps Worry Danger Fields Mines Waste Beats Corners Convinced Strikes Flames Ambitious Odds Plates Next Year Step Up Radiance Betting Found You

Author:Dave Sim

“The purpose of the whole [the Comedy] and of this portion [the Paradiso] is to remove those who are living in this life from the state of wretchedness, and to lead them to the state of blessedness.”

Life States Whole Purpose Work This Life Remove Wretchedness Blessedness

Author:Dante Alighieri

“You are merely the lens in the beam. You can only receive, give, and possess the light as the lens does. If you seek yourself, you rob the lens of its transparency. You will know life and be acknowledged by it according to your degree of transparency - your capacity, that is, to vanish as an end and remain purely as a means.”

Ifs Knows Life Giving Mean Doe Ends Light Knowledge Learning Degrees Capacity Management Lenses Transparency Beam

Author:Dag Hammarskjold