10 ideas
291 | Don't assume that wisdom is the automatic consequence of old age [Plato] |
7906 | When the Buddha reached the highest level of insight, he could detect no self in the world [Ashvaghosha] |
293 | Being unafraid (perhaps through ignorance) and being brave are two different things [Plato] |
23857 | People in power always try to increase their power [Weil] |
23856 | Spontaneous movements are powerless against organised repression [Weil] |
23859 | True democracy is the subordination of society to the individual [Weil] |
23858 | War is perpetuated by its continual preparations [Weil] |
23860 | Even if a drowning man is doomed, he should keep swimming to the last [Weil] |
7904 | The first stage of trance is calm amidst applied and discursive thinking [Ashvaghosha] |
7905 | The Buddha sought ultimate reality and the final goal of existence in his meditations [Ashvaghosha] |