“It is much easier to meet with error than to find truth; error is on the surface, and can be more easily met with; truth is hid in great depths, the way to seek does not appear to all the world.” WorldWayDoeEasierMetsTruth IsErrorsDepthSurface Author:Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“Truth is not always in a well. In fact, as regards the more important knowledge, I do believe that she is invariably superficial. The depth lies in the valleys where we seek her, and not upon the mountain-tops where she is found.” BelieveWellsImportantFactsLyingFoundTruth IsMountainRegardDepthValleysSuperficialMountain Top Book:The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe Source: The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
“Truth is a gem that is found at a great depth; whilst on the surface of the world all things are weighed by the false scale of custom.” WorldFoundTruth IsAll ThingsDepthSurfaceScalesCustomsGems Author:Lord Byron
“All sentient beings - all holons in fact - contain Buddha-nature - contain depth, consciousness, intrinsic value, Spirit - and thus we are all members of the council of all beings... And the ultimate objective truth is that all beings are perfect manifestations of Spirit or Emptiness” FactsSpiritValuesPerfectConsciousnessTruth IsMembersUltimateDepthObjectivesManifestationEmptinessCouncilSentient BeingsPerfect ManIntrinsic ValueBuddha NatureObjective Truth Book:The Essential Ken Wilber Source: The Essential Ken Wilber
“Once again, we are reminded that awakening, or enlightenment is not the property of Buddhism, any more than Truth is the property of Christianity. Neither the Buddha nor the Christ belongs exclusively to the communities that were founded in their names. They belong to all people of goodwill, all who are attentive to the secret which lives in the depths of their breath and their consciousness.” PeopleNamesChristCommunitySecretConsciousnessChristianityBuddhismTruth IsEnlightenmentBreathsPropertyDepthAwakeningGoodwill Author:Jean Leloup
“The truth is always an abyss. One must — as in a swimming pool — dare to dive from the quivering springboard of trivial everyday experience and sink into the depths, in order to later rise again — laughing and fighting for breath — to the now doubly illuminated surface of things.” OrderFightingLaughingTruth IsBreathsDepthEverydayDareSurfaceSwimmingPoolAbyssSwimming PoolSpringboards Author:Franz Kafka