Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) British statesman; prime minister of the United Kingdom
Socialism and Society (1905), pp. 164-165
1900s
Transmission: A Meditation for the New Age (1983)
Ramsay MacDonald (1866–1937) British statesman; prime minister of the United Kingdom
Socialism and Society (1905), pp. 164-165
1900s
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist
Source: Transmission: A Meditation for the New Age (1983)
Henri Poincaré book The Value of Science
Source: The Value of Science (1905), Ch. 11: Science and Reality
“In the animal kingdom, the rule is, eat or be eaten; in the human kingdom, define or be defined.”
Thomas Szasz (1920–2012) Hungarian psychiatrist
Source: The Second Sin (1973), p. 20.
“Meditation is the emptying of the mind of all thought, for thought and feeling dissipate energy.”
Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986) Indian spiritual philosopher
They are repetitive, producing mechanical activities which are a necessary part of existence. But they are only part, and thought and feeling cannot possibly enter into the immensity of life. Quite a different approach is necessary, not the path of habit, association and the known; there must be freedom from these. Meditation is the emptying of the mind of the known. It cannot be done by thought or by the hidden prompting of thought, nor by desire in the form of prayer, nor through the self-effacing hypnotism of words, images, hopes, and vanities. All these have to come to an end, easily, without effort and choice, in the flame of awareness.
Source: 1970s, Meditations (1979), p. 105
Jeff McMahan (philosopher) (1954) American philosopher
" The Meat Eaters http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/19/the-meat-eaters/", The New York Times, 19 Sept. 2010
Benjamin Creme (1922–2016) artist, author, esotericist
The Reappearance of the Christ and the Masters of Wisdom (1980)
Stephen Baxter book Evolution
Source: Evolution (2002), Chapter 16 “An Entangled Bank” section II (p. 525)
J. Howard Moore (1862–1916)
Source: "Human Nature is Defective", speech to the Young People's Socialist League, The Chicago Tribune, 20 Oct. 1910