“All empty souls tend to extreme opinion. It is only in those who have built up a rich world of memories and habits of thought that extreme opinions affront the sense of probability. Propositions, for instance, which set all the truth upon one side can only enter rich minds to dislocate and strain, if they can enter at all, and sooner or later the mind expels them by instinct.” IfsWorldMindSoulSidesMemoriesOpinionRichHabitBuiltEmptyInstinctExtremesInstanceSooner Or LaterProbabilityPropositionsStrainAffrontEmpty Souls Book:Autobiographies: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Source: Autobiographies: The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats
“Governments may change, and opinions, and the very appearance of lands themselves, but the slowest thing to change is religion. What has once been associated with worship becomes holy in itself, and self-perpetuating, always built upon the foundation of mingled awe and attraction which the unknown has for the mind of man.” MenMindMaySelfGovernmentReligionOpinionLandHolyWorshipBuiltFoundationAppearanceAttractionAwePerpetuating Book:Personal geography: almost an autobiography Source: Personal geography: almost an autobiography
“Religion must affirm, in the clearest terms, that morality and ethical values are not mere decorative frills of personal opinion, not subjective superstructure, but intrinsic laws of the cosmos built into the heart of reality.” HeartRealityLawValuesTermOpinionMoralityBuiltMereCosmosEthicalSubjectivePersonal OpinionsFrillsEthical Values Author:Bhikkhu Bodhi