“Knowledge can be conveyed, but not wisdom. It can be found, it can be lived, it is possible to be carried by it, miracles can be performed with it, but it cannot be expressed in words and taught.” Siddhartha
"Who, in this tired and overworked family, would have had time to give more attention to Gregor than was absolutely necessary?" Metamorphosis and Other Stories
Do not shorten the morning by getting up late, or waste it in unworthy occupations or in talk; look upon it as the quintessence of life, as to a certain extent sacred. Evening is like old age: we are languid, talkative, silly. Each day is a little life: every waking and rising a little birth, every fresh morning a little youth, every going to rest and sleep a little death. Counsels and Maxims
The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely. The Little Zen Companion
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