“To keep the proportion of things and give place to others without losing one's own position was the secret of success in the mundane drama. We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts; the conception of totality must never be lost in that of the individual.”Tagged: Life, Living, Living Alone, Living A Balanced Life
“Definition is always limitation—the "fixed" and "unchangeless" are but terms expressive of a stoppage of growth.”Tagged: definition, Limitation, limitation in defining, fixed, unchangeless
“It was the process, not the deed, which was interesting. It was the completing, not the completion, which was really vital.”Tagged: Life, Living, Living A Good Life, living and dreaming, living and surviving
“The whole ideal of Teaism is a result of this Zen conception of greatness in the smallest incidents of life. Taoism furnished the basis for aesthetic ideals, Zennism made them practical.”Tagged: teaism, Zennism, Taoism, way of life, Living A Balanced Life
“One who could make of himself a vacuum into which others might freely enter would become master of all situations. The whole can always dominate the part.”Tagged: Human Behavior, human, Mankind, human beings, Person