People of this world are deluded. They're always longing for something-always, in a word, seeking.

Bodhidharma

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Topic

Seeking Desire Delusion

Author

Bodhidharma

Source

The Zen Teaching of Bodhidarma

Genre

Philosophical literature Religious literature

Language

Chinese

Time

528 BC 520s BC 6th century

Occupation

Buddhist monk Monk Buddhist

From

China Asia

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Original Citation

Bodhidharma. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidarma. c. 550.

Current Citation

Bodhidharma. The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma, translated by Red Pine. North Point Press, 1989.

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Only the tiniest fraction of mankind want freedom.
All the rest want someone to tell them they are free.

Irving Layton

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Irving Layton
Language
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Time
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O happy race of mortals, if your hearts are ruled, as is the universe, by Love!

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Topic
Love

Author

Boethius
Source
The Consolation of Philosophy
Genre
Philosophical literature
Language
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Time
523 520s 6th century
Era
Middle Ages
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Original Citation

Boethius. De Consolatione Philosophiae [On the Consolation of Philosophy]. 524, bk. 2, poem 8.

Current Citation

Boethius. The Consolation of Philosophy, translated by Victor Watts. Penguin Classics, 1999, bk. 2, poem 8.

Another quote originally in Chinese

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.

Lao Tzu

Tao Te Ching

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Author

Lao Tzu
Source
Tao Te Ching
Genre
Philosophical literature Religious literature
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Chinese
Time
400 BC 400s BC 5th century BC
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Laozi [Lao Tzu]. 道德經 [Tao Te Ching]. c. 400 BC, ch. 64.

Current Citation

Laozi [Lao Tzu]. "The Natural Way of Lao Tzu." A Source Book in Chinese Philosophy, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan. Princeton University Press, 1969, ch. 64.