Aphorisms
“If you want to make something out of scratch, you must
first create the universe.”
“If you want to overcome the whole world, overcome
yourself.”
“If you want to see how the world should be, you need to
have the eyes of a child.”
“If you want to study yourself — look into the hearts of
other people. If you want to study other people — look into
your own heart.”
“If you want to wake up mankind, first of all wake up
entirely; if you want to eliminate suffering from this world,
first get rid of all that dark and negative in you. The
largest gift that you can present to this world is your own
transformation.”
“If you were honest, it would be a bummer, but now it also
hurts.”
“If you were to destroy the belief in immortality in
mankind, not only love but every living force on which the
continuation of all life in the world depended, would dry
up at once.”
“If you were truly wise, you wouldn’t call me an idiot for
my name. You would ask and wonder why I did it.”
“If you wish to glimpse inside a human soul and get to
know a man, don’t bother analyzing his ways of being
silent, of talking, of weeping, of seeing how much he is
moved by noble ideas; you will get better results if you
just watch him laugh. If he laughs well, he’s a good man.”
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