
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: Book 1, Chapter 4 (p. 509)
Rien n'est plus lent que la véritable naissance d'un homme.
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951), p. 258
Rien n'est plus lent que la véritable naissance d'un homme.
Source: Memoirs of Hadrian (1951)
The Dragon in the Sword (1986)
Source: Book 1, Chapter 4 (p. 509)
¶ 86 - 89.
An Humble, Earnest and Affectionate Address to the Clergy (1761)
“…nothing is stronger than true reality.”
Fragments of Melissus's On Nature, Fragment 8
“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”
“Without darkness, nothing comes to birth, As without light, nothing flowers.”
Hagakure (c. 1716)
Source: Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai
Context: There is surely nothing other than the single purpose of the present moment. A man's whole life is a succession of moment after moment. If one fully understands the present moment, there will be nothing else to do, and nothing else to pursue. Live being true to the single purpose of the moment.
Everyone lets the present moment slip by, then looks for it as though he thought it were somewhere else.
“Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public RECORDS to be True.”
Annotations to An Apology for the Bible by R. Watson
1790s