Wonhyo (617–686) Korean buddhist philosopher
晉譯華嚴經疏序 Hwaeomgyeong so seo (Preface to the Commentary on the Jin Translation of the Flower Ornament Sutra)
Translated by A. Charles Muller.
Wonhyo (617–686) Korean buddhist philosopher
晉譯華嚴經疏序 Hwaeomgyeong so seo (Preface to the Commentary on the Jin Translation of the Flower Ornament Sutra)
Translated by A. Charles Muller.
John F. Kennedy (1917–1963) 35th president of the United States of America
1963, Remarks Intended for Delivery to the Texas Democratic State Committee in the Municipal Auditorium in Austin
Avicenna (980–1037) medieval Persian polymath, physician, and philosopher
As quoted in 366 Readings From Islam (2000), edited by Robert Van der Weyer
Context: God, the supreme being, is neither circumscribed by space, nor touched by time; he cannot be found in a particular direction, and his essence cannot change. The secret conversation is thus entirely spiritual; it is a direct encounter between God and the soul, abstracted from all material constraints.
Eduard Shevardnadze (1928–2014) Georgian politician and diplomat
As quoted in North Atlantic Assembly Political Committee Report (1990), p. 7.
“The soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time.”
Randall Jarrell (1914–1965) poet, critic, novelist, essayist
"A Girl in a Library," lines 32-29
The Seven-League Crutches (1951)
Context: The soul has no assignments, neither cooks
Nor referees: it wastes its time. It wastes its time.
Here in this enclave there are centuries
For you to waste: the short and narrow stream
Of life meanders into a thousand valleys
Of all that was, or might have been, or is to be.
The books, just leafed through, whisper endlessly.
“In such times, if you want neither to lie nor to wound, you are reduced to being silent.”
Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
“One luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.”
Robert Frost (1874–1963) American poet
" Acquainted with the Night http://www.ketzle.com/frost/acquainted.htm" (1928) <br class="br">General sources <br class="br">Context: One luminary clock against the sky<br>Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.<br>I have been one acquainted with the night.
“Neither dust nor light stirred. It was as if time had been bled dry and given up.”
China Miéville book The Scar
Part 3 “The Compass Factory”, chapter 20 (p. 241)
The Scar (2002)
Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974) German Nazi leader convicted of crimes against humanity in the Nuremberg trial
Quoted in "The Face of the Third Reich: Portraits of the Nazi Leadership" - Page 221 - by Joachim C. Fest - History - 1999