New Quotations in English
My two main conclusions are that technology develops cumulatively, rather than in isolated heroic acts, and that it finds most of its uses after it has been invented, rather than being invented to meet a foreseen need.
History followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples' environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.
History as well as life itself is complicated - neither life nor history is an enterprise for those who seek simplicity and consistency.
Humans have not evolved any ritualized aggression-inhibiting mechanisms to ensure the survival of the species. For this reason, man is considered a very dangerous animal.
Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky.
When you paint Spring, do not paint willows, plums, peaches, or apricots - just paint Spring.
Your life is a fortunate outcome of the continuous practice of the past. You should express your gratitude immediately.
Enlightenment is intimacy with all things.
When we're aware, there's nothing to escape.
At the bottom of great doubt lies great awakening.
Meditation in the midst of activity is a thousand times superior to meditation in stillness.
From the sea of effortlessness, let your great uncaused compassion shine forth.
You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?
The truth is to be lived, not just mouthed.
Those who worship don't know, and those who know don't worship.
The ultimate truth is beyond words.
Our freest will underlies strict moral laws, and one of the reasons for our longing for freedom is to prevent our obeying other laws than these.
The degree of inhibition against killing each one of these beings is a very precise measure for the considerably different values that we cannot help attributing to lower and higher forms of life. To any man who finds it equally easy to chop up a live dog and a live lettuce I would recommend suicide at his earliest convenience!
Узяв собі паняночку — В чистім полі земляночку.
I married a young lady - a dugout in an open field.
А ми тую червону калину підіймемо,
А ми нашу славну Україну, гей, гей, розвеселимо!
We'll straighten that red guelder-rose,
We'll sheer up our glorious Ukraine!
