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“Good friends, how then are meditation and wisdom alike? They are like the lamp and the light it gives forth. If there is a lamp there is light; if there is no lamp there is no light. The lamp is the substance of light; the light is the function of the lamp. Thus, although they have two names, in substance they are not two. Meditation and wisdom are also like this.”

Ifs Giving Two Light Names Meditation Function Substance Good Friend Lamps

Book:The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

Source: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch

“True thusness is the substance of thought, and thought is the function of true thusness. There is no thought except that of true thusness. Thusness does not move, but its motion and function are inexhaustible.”

Doe Moving Function Substance

Book:Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

Source: Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do: Bruce Lee's Commentaries on the Martial Way

“People talk about talent as though it were some neutral substance that can be applied to anything. But talent is narrow and only functions with a very few subjects, which it is up to the writer to find.”

People Subjects Talent Function Substance

Book:The good word & other words

Source: The good word & other words

“The golden light of metaphor, which is the intelligence of poetry, was implicit in alchemical study. To change, magically, one substance into another, more valuable one is the ancient function of metaphor, as it was of alchemy.”

Light Study Function Ancient Metaphor Valuable Golden Substance Alchemy Implicit Golden Light

Author:Patricia Hampl

“Everything is full of sacramental substance, everything. Each thing and each function is ever ready to light up into a sacrament.”

Light Ready Function Substance Sacraments Paganism Light Up

Book:The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Hasidism, Essays in Metaphysics, and The Emotions

Source: The Philosophical Library Existentialism Collection: Hasidism, Essays in Metaphysics, and The Emotions

“Weed's not as bad as everything else... 'cause weed is a background substance. You know what I mean, you can smoke some herb and still function. You ain't crisp... but you'll function.”

Knows Mean Stills Causes Function Backgrounds Smoke Substance Weed Herbs Crisps

Author:Dave Chappelle

“The mind is constantly involved in thinking, in judging, in evaluating. Its whole function seems to be to keep you involved in thoughts, which are nothing but soap bubbles - or perhaps soap bubbles have more substance to them than your thoughts.”

Thinking Mind Whole Seems Judging Involved Function Substance Bubbles Soap Soap Bubbles

Author:Rajneesh

“The next major explosion is going to be when genetics and computers come together. I'm talking about an organic computer - about biological substances that can function like a semiconductor.”

Together Science Next Talking Computer Majors Function Substance Explosions Genetics Change Management Future Shock Semiconductors

Author:Alvin Toffler

“Woman does not possess the image of God in herself but only when taken together with the male who is her head, so that the whole substance is one image. But when she is assigned the role as helpmate, a function that pertains to her alone, then she is not the image of God. But as far as the man is concerned, he is by himself alone the image of God just as fully and completely as when he and the woman are joined together into one.”

Men Doe Whole Together Roles Taken He Man Concerned Function Males Substance God Image Christian Women

Author:Saint Augustine