On Belief and Truth (Nietzsche)
“Belief means not wanting to know what is true”. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche.
frases & reflexões
O começo e o fim (Jai Guru Dev)
I asked you where self-interest begins and ends. Is ending more important than anything else? – ending? And what is then that state in…
As a drowning man wants air
To realize God you must want Him as much as a drowning man wants air. ~ Paramahansa Yogananda Everything else can wait but the…
Sua mão abre e fecha e abre e fecha
Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes. If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralyzed. Your…
A vida e o rabo de saia
– Qual a melhor coisa da vida? – A vida. – Qual a pior? – O rabo de saia (disse brincando) (…) – Sério,…
“Tudo é de vocês, mas”
Ninguém se iluda. Se alguém de vocês pensa que é sábio segundo os critérios deste mundo, torne-se louco para chegar a ser sábio; 19…
Talvez a melhor pergunta seja
“Perhaps the very best question that you can memorize and repeat, over and over, is, ‘what is the most valuable use of my time…
Receita de torta de maçã
“Se você quiser fazer uma torta de maçã do zero, primeiro você tem que criar o universo.” ~ Carl Sagan
The best work
The best work never was and never will be done for money. ~ John Ruskin (1819-1900, British critic, social theorist)
Ciência para os seres humanos (fala o Dalai)
“Yet the ramifications of these new findings and their applications are so far-reaching that they relate to the very conception of human nature and…
Para resolver problemas
“Os problemas jamais podem ser resolvidos usando os mesmos padrões de pensamento que os criaram.” ~ Albert Einstein
A maior força da humanidade
Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of…
Amar em tempos de cólera
“O ódio existe com o passado e com o futuro, enquanto o amor não precisa nem de passado nem de futuro. O amor existe…
Truth made the world
“Truth made the world, not a blind Nature-Force.” ~ Sri Aurobindo
Then alone you will see
“There is no help for you outside of yourself; you are the creator of the universe. Like the silkworm you have built a cocoon…
A cada dia que vivo (Drummond)
“A cada dia que vivo, mais me convenço de que o desperdício da vida está no amor que não damos, nas forças que não…
The centre is everywhere
“Each soul is a circle whose circumference is nowhere (limitless) but whose centre is in some body. Death is but a change of centre….
Tempos modernos
“Pensamos demasiadamente, sentimos muito pouco. Necessitamos mais de humildade que de máquinas. Mais de bondade e ternura que de inteligência. Sem isso, a vida…
“There is an ascending evolution”
There is an ascending evolution in nature which goes from the stone to the plant, from the plant to the animal, from the animal…
Die, die and die again, and again, and again
“You cannot live without dying. You cannot live if you don’t die psychologically every minute. This is not an intellectual paradox. To live completely,…