“Everyone wants rather to be pleasing to women and that desire is not altogether, though it is very largely, a manifestation of vanity. But one cannot aim to be pleasing to women any more than one can aim to have taste, or beauty of expression, or happiness; for these things are not specific aims which one may learn to attain; they are descriptions of the adequacy of one's living. To try to be happy is to try to build a machine with no other specification than that it shall run noiselessly.” WantTryingMayRunningDesireExpressionTasteMachinesAimVanityManifestationDescriptionSpecificationsAdequacyTrying To Be Happy Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer
“Why does philosophy use concepts and why does faith use symbols if both try to express the same ultimate? The answer, of course, is that the relation to the ultimate is not the same in each case. The philosophical relation is in principle a detached description of the basic structure in which the ultimate manifests itself. The relation of faith is in principle an involved expression of concern about the meaning of the ultimate for the faithful.” IfsTryingDoePhilosophyUseCoursesAnswersPrinciplesCasesExpressionInvolvedConceptsConcernUltimateRelationPhilosophicalStructureTheologySymbolsFaithfulDescriptionDetached Book:Dynamics of Faith Source: Dynamics of Faith
“The moment you know your real being, you are afraid of nothing. Death gives freedom and power. To be free in the world, you must die to the world. Then the universe is your own, it becomes your body, an expression and a tool. The happiness of being absolutely free is beyond description.” KnowsWorldGivingRealMomentsBodyDiesUniverseExpressionToolsYour BodyDescription Author:Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
“NEU!'s music will always ("für immer") be a part of me and I absolutely stand to what we've created. Of course I have changed since and I judge my contributions to NEU!'s music of the 70's in a historical context. They were both a description of my feelings back then as well as an expression of my musical abilities and limitations. It would be a mistake to ignore the time factor and it would be an artistic shortcoming to pick up on the old concept without doing any changes. There is no way this is going to happen anyway.” WayWellsFeelingsHappensWould BeCoursesAbilityMistakeChangedExpressionJudgingPicksConceptsHistoricalMusicalFactorsArtisticLimitationContributionDescriptionShortcomingsI Have ChangedHistorical ContextMusical Ability Author:Michael Rother