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And the Buddha pointed out that his confusion was justified, for 'the dharma is profound, difficult to see, difficult to understand, peaceful, excellent, beyond the sphere of logic, subtle, and to be understood by the wise'. The reason for this is that it is not readily comprehended by one who holds a different view and has different learnings and inclinations, different involvements and instruction. It is clear from this statement that the conception of nibbāna in beyond logical reasoning, not because it is an Ultimate Reality transcending logic, but because logic or reason, being the 'slave of passions', makes it difficult for one who has a passion for an alien tradition to understand the conception of nibbāna. ↗


— David J. Kalupahana


#buddhism #logic #nirvana #philosophy #reason

There are wrongs for which religion makes no provision, and of which it has no comprehension. --"Wanda ↗


— Ouida


#sin #understanding #wrongs #religion

It was understood that they shared the same thresholds--the same inexhaustible appetite for wasting time, for discussing lofty ideas, for dissecting trivial things, for driving to nowhere in particular, for listening to music, for talking about books, for obsessing over pop culture, but mostly for laughing, talking, and simply being together. There was nothing one could say that the other would find too cruel or too kind. And on those rare occasions when they did tire of each other, they needed only go a day without talking before they yearned to reconnect. ↗


— Galt Niederhoffer


#books #cruel #discussing #dissecting #driving

Understanding is a kind of ecstasy ↗


— Carl Sagan


#understanding #science

A point of view can be a dangerous luxury when substituted for insight and understanding. ↗


— Marshall McLuhan


#opinion #probes #social-science #understanding #wisdom

she, with her affection and her gaiety, had been largely responsible for him having rediscovered the meaning of life, her love had driven him to the far corners of the Earth, because he needed to be rich enough to buy some land and live in peace with her for the rest of their days. It was his utter confidence in this fragile creature, that had made him fight with honor, because he knew that after a battle he could forget all the horrors of war in her arms, and that, despite all the women he had known, only there in her arms could he close his eyes and sleep like a child. ↗


— Paulo Coelho


#safety #understanding #life

What is a genius? A person who demands little to nothing from others, but is often found extremely difficult to have around. ↗


— Criss Jami


#creative #different #difficulties #distinction #envy

Don't criticize what you can't understand. ↗


— Bob Dylan


#criticism #song-lyrics #understanding

The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history. ↗


— George Orwell


#propaganda #rewriting-history #understanding

It is difficult to get a man to understand something, when his salary depends on his not understanding it. ↗


— Upton Sinclair


#evolution #ideology #obtuseness #understanding #ideology






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