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“When we speak the word 'life,' it must be understood we are not referring to life as we know it from its surface of fact, but to that fragile, fluctuating center which forms never reach.”

Knows Life Facts Form Speak Understanding Understood Surface Fragile Referring Misunderstood Genius

Book:The Theater and Its Double

Source: The Theater and Its Double

“Like the ocean that remains calm in its depths even when waves rage over its surface, and like the sun that continues shining on high even during storms, we can at each moment create value and develop our state of life, enjoying our existence to the fullest in times of both suffering and joy.”

Life States Moments Joy Suffering Values Enjoy Existence Sun Ocean Remains Shining Depth Calm Wave Storm Surface Rage Over It Enjoy Life

Author:Daisaku Ikeda

“Consciousness is the mere surface of our minds, of which, as of the earth, we do not know the inside, but only the crust.”

Knows Life Mind Earth Consciousness Mere Surface

Book:The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

Source: The World As Will And Idea: 3 vols in 1 [unabridged]

“... the ordinary is simply the universal observed from the surface, that the direct approach to reality is not without, but within. Touch life anywhereand you will touch universality wherever you touch the earth.”

Life Reality Earth Approach Ordinary Direct Universal Surface Realism Universality Direct Approach

Author:Ellen Glasgow

“There's something tragic in the fate of almost every person--it's just that the tragic is often concealed from a person by the banal surface of life.... A woman will complain of indigestion and not even know that what she means is that her whole life has been shattered.”

Knows Life Mean Persons Has Beens Whole Fate Tragedy Surface Complaining Whole Life Tragic Concealed Shattered Indigestion

Book:Essential Turgenev

Source: Essential Turgenev

“A river is nearly the ultimate symbol for the very essence of change itself. It flows unceasingly from one point of being to another, yet continuously occupies the same bed or pathway, and accommodates life's endings with the same musical grace with which it accommodates life's beginnings, along with all the muted and explosive moments that surface between the two extremes.”

Life Two Moments Change Grace Bed Flow Rivers Essence Ultimate Musical Extremes Surface Symbols Life Changing Pathways Accommodate Explosives Two Extremes

Book:The River of Winged Dreams

Source: The River of Winged Dreams