“Zen wants us to acquire an entirely new point of view whereby to look into the mysteries of life and the secrets of nature. This is because Zen has come to the definite conclusion that the ordinary logical process of reasoning is powerless to give final satisfaction to our deepest spiritual needs.” WantNeedsGivingLooksSpiritualProcessNatureViewsSecretMysteryOrdinaryFinalsSatisfactionPoint Of ViewConclusionReasoningAcquireLogicalDefinitePowerlessWant UMystery Of Life Book:An Introduction to Zen Buddhism Source: An Introduction to Zen Buddhism
“Let us never accept the point of view that mysteries are written by hacks. The poorest of us shed our blood over every chapter. The best of us start from scratch with every new book.” BookViewsAcceptingWrittenMysteryBloodPoint Of ViewChaptersShedScratchesPoorestHacksNew Books Book:Raymond Chandler Speaking Source: Raymond Chandler Speaking
“How you prepare for a role is entirely your business in my point of view. There is little enough mystery anymore left in the world in the part of our profession, which should be clouded in mystery because it isn't in the public. You don't want the magician to show his tricks or how he did them do you? So I do think that is a very private thing that we actors should protect ourselves from.” ThinkingWorldWantShouldLittlesEnoughShowsActorsLeftViewsRolesMysteryProtectPoint Of ViewProfessionTricksMagicianCloudedPrivate Things Author:Christopher Plummer
“There's a kind of mystery to our being and from my point of view, regarding my own parents and their parents, I'd as soon let it lie than find out who my mother's father was.” KindLyingMotherFatherParentMy OwnViewsMysteryPoint Of View Author:T.C. Boyle
“What I thought was so great about Rise [of the Planet of the Apes ] was that it wasn't a retelling; it was an entering of the universe at a different point. So it's Planet of the Apes. We already know the ending. There's no mystery in that! It becomes Planet of the Apes. So it's not about what is at the end; it's about how did we get there? And that enabled something that was totally fresh, which was an ape-point-of-view movie.” KnowsDifferentEndsUniverseViewsMysteryPlanetsPoint Of ViewEnteringApesRetelling Author:Matt Reeves