
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 316.
“Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
“The first and fundamental law of Nature, which is, to seek peace and follow it.”
“Whoever possesses the following three qualities will have the sweetness (delight) of faith:”
1. The one to whom Allah and His Apostle becomes dearer than anything else
2. Who loves a person and he loves him only for Allah's sake
3. Who hates to revert to Atheism (disbelief) as he hates to be thrown into the fire.
Bukhari 1:15 http://www.sacred-texts.com/isl/bukhari/bh1/bh1_14.htm
Sunni Hadith
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci (1883), III Six books on Light and Shade
1960s, Freedom From The Known (1969)
Context: The world accepts and follows the traditional approach. The primary cause of disorder in ourselves is the seeking of reality promised by another; we mechanically follow somebody who will assure us a comfortable spiritual life. It is a most extraordinary thing that although most of us are opposed to political tyranny and dictatorship, we inwardly accept the authority, the tyranny, of another to twist our minds and our way of life. So if we completely reject, not intellectually but actually, all so-called spiritual authority, all ceremonies, rituals and dogmas, it means that we stand alone and are already in conflict with society; we cease to be respectable human beings. A respectable human being cannot possibly come near to that infinite, immeasurable, reality.
“Just like the moon, I'll step aside, and let your sun shine while I follow behind…”
"Angel" from Pocketful of Sunshine (2007)