“Are you in a universe which is ruled by natural laws and, therefore, is stable, firm, absolute - and knowable? Or are you in an incomprehensible chaos, a realm of inexplicable miracles, an unpredictable, unknowable flux, which your mind is impotent to grasp? The nature of your actions - and of your ambition - will be different, according to which set of answers you come to accept.” MindDifferentActionLawReligionUniverseNaturalAnswersAcceptingAmbitionMiracleAbsolutesChaosFirmRealmsStableUnpredictableNatural LawInexplicableFlux Book:Philosophy: Who Needs It Source: Philosophy: Who Needs It
“What do the few existing mystics still do? -- They more or less mold the raw chaos of already existing religion. But only in an isolated, insignificant manner, through feeble attempts. Do it in a grand manner from all aspects with unified efforts, and let us awaken all religions from their graves, newly revivify and form the immortal ones through the omnipotence of art and science.” ArtStillsFormReligionEffortAspectChaosGravesImmortalIsolatedInsignificantMoldArt And ScienceUnifiedOmnipotence Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel
“To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.” SelfEarthSpiritReligionSpiritualityForgetStudyThousandTenChaosEnlightened Author:Dogen
“Caress the detail, the divine detail.” SpiritReligionSpiritualityDivineChaosDetailsComplexityCaress Author:Vladimir Nabokov
“If complete and utter chaos was lightning, then he'd be the sort to stand on a hilltop in a thunderstorm wearing wet copper armour and shouting 'All gods are bastards!” IfsReligionStupidChaosColourWetLightningShoutingDiscworldArmourCopperThunderstormVetinariAnkh Book:The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld Source: The Wit And Wisdom Of Discworld