
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter I, Sec. 7
Discourses (1967), p. 364.
General sources
Context: One of the most difficult things to learn is to render service without bossing, without making a fuss about it, and without any consciousness of high and low. In the world of spirituality, humility counts at least as much as utility.
Source: De architectura (The Ten Books On Architecture) (~ 15BC), Book I, Chapter I, Sec. 7
“It's a difficult thing today to be informed about our government even without all the secrecy.”
As quoted in The Chicago Tribune (13 April 1966)
1960s
“dear boss i relay this information
without any fear that humanity
will take warning and reform”
archy and mehitabel (1927), what the ants are saying
Humanity
One Minute Wisdom (1989)
Context: Much advance publicity was made for the address the Master would deliver on The Destruction of the World and a large crowd gathered at the monastery grounds to hear him.
The address was over in less than a minute. All he said was:
"These things will destroy the human race: politics without principle, progress without compassion, wealth without work, learning without silence, religion without fearlessness and worship without awareness."
“The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness.”