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“In meditation the mind stops, thought ceases. When thought stops, the world stops. When the world stops, perception stops. When perception stops, the sense of "I" as a perceiver falls away.”

World Mind Fall Meditation Humility Buddhism Perception Cease

Author:Frederick Lenz

“A man who falls straight into bed night after night, and ceases to live until the moment when he wakes and rises, will surely never dream of making, I don't say great discoveries, but even minor observations about sleep. He scarcely knows that he is asleep. A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.”

Source: In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book)

“As for the system of the Commune, which makes it impossible for a man to rise or fall, it is merely the old caste system revived; if it could be put into force, all industry would be disheartened, emulation would cease, and mankind would go to sleep.”

Ifs Men Would Be Fall Force Sleep Impossible Mankind Industry Cease Going To Sleep Castes Communes Caste System Emulation Disheartened

Book:The Martyrdom of Man

Source: The Martyrdom of Man

“. . . for beauty stands In the admiration only of weak minds Led captive. Cease to admire, and all her plumes Fall flat and shrink into a trivial toy, At every sudden slighting quite abash'd.”

Mind Fall Beauty Weak Cease Admire Flats Admiration Toys Shrinks Captives Weak Minds

Book:Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books

Source: Paradise Regain'd: A Poem in Four Books

“Interventionism is inextricable from the American idea. If the United States retreats into isolationism, it ceases to be itself ? a nation dedicated, however much it falls short, to a universalist ideal of freedom.”

Ifs Ideas States Fall Nations United United States Ideals Cease Dedicated Retreat Diplomacy Isolationism Interventionism

Author:Roger Cohen

“Great Powers of falling wave and wind and windy fire, With your harmonious choir Encircle her I love and sing her into peace, That my old care may cease.”

May Care Fall Compassion Fire Wind Wave Cease Harmonious Great Power Choir Windy Old Car

Book:The Major Works

Source: The Major Works