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Source: Selected poems and letters of Emily Dickinson: together with Thomas Wentworth Higginson's account of his correspondence with the poet and his visit to her in Amherst

“Rational thinking which is free from assumptions ends therefore in mysticism. To relate oneself in the spirit of reverence for life to the multiform manifestations of the will-to-live which together constitute the world is ethical mysticism. All profound world-view is mysticism, the essence of which is just this: that out of my unsophisticated and naïve existence in the world there comes, as a result of thought about self and the world, spiritual self-devotion to the mysterious infinite Will which is continuously manifested in the universe.”

“You will find it easier to accept contrary views, knowing that you are not defined by anything or anyone external to yourself.”

Views Accepting Knowing Easier Contrary Defined

Book:You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation

Source: You'll See It When You Believe It: The Way to Your Personal Transformation

“The cow's point of view deserves more literary attention.”

Views Attention Deserve Point Of View Cows Deserve More

Author:Mason Cooley

“Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the obvious. Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is overlooked as a matter of principle.”

World Matter Philosophy Views Principles Atheism Obvious Deny Refusal Overlooked

Author:Sam Harris

“A small knowledge of human nature will convince us, that, with far the greatest part of mankind, interest is the governing principle... Few men are capable of making a continual sacrifice of all views of private interest, or advantage, to the common good. It is vain to exclaim against the depravity of human nature on this account; the fact is so, the experience of every age and nation has proved it and we must in a great measure, change the constitution of man, before we can make it otherwise. No institution, not built on the presumptive truth of these maxims can succeed.”

“What Copernicus really achieved was not the discovery of a true theory but of a fertile new point of view.”

Views Theory Discovery Point Of View Fertile Copernicus

Author:Ludwig Wittgenstein

“The attainment of enlightenment from ego's point of view is extreme death.”

Views Ego Enlightenment Extremes Point Of View Enlightened Attainment

Book:The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

Source: The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa: Volume Three: Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism; The Myth of Freedom; The Heart of the Bud dha; Selected Writings

“There is nothing “still” in the remarkably visceral poems of Alexander Long's third collection, Still Life, and nothing is at rest in these restless and edgy poems. Conversational and kinetic, these poems chart the traces left by the shifting overlays of the templates of literature, rock-and-roll, and contemporary culture. As each poem in Still Life attempts to fix a focus upon a scene or subject, the protean natures under view draw the poet into the eddies and complexities of reflection. This is a powerful and moving collection of poems.”