"Thoughts can at best point to the truth, but it never is the truth. That's why the Buddhist say: The finger pointing to the moon is not the moon."
Thoughts
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Truth
Intellect
"Intellect takes you to the door, but it doesn't take you into the house."
In a right Attitude
"The real seeker of truth never seeks truth. On the contrary, he tries to clean himself of all that is untrue, inauthentic, insincere - and when his heart is ready, purified, the guest comes. You cannot find the guest, you cannot go after him. He comes to you; you...
Finding Ourselves
"We can’t find the Truth only listening to our own voice’s echo. We can find ourselves only in someone’s mirror."
Man in a state of Sleep
"There are a thousand things which prevent a man from awakening, which keep him in the power of his dreams. In order to act consciously with the intention of awakening, it is necessary to know the nature of the forces which keep man in a state of sleep. First of all...
Falling in Love
"What is commonly called 'falling in love' is in most cases an intensification of egoistic wanting and needing. You become addicted to another person, or rather to your image of that person. It has nothing to do with true love, which contains no wanting whatsoever."
Dogmas
"Dogmas --religious, political, scientific-- arise out of erroneous belief that thought can encapsulate reality or truth. Dogmas are collective conceptual prisons. And the strange thing is that people love their prison cells because they give them a sense of security...
You are the Truth
"The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time."
Truth that Liberates
"It is truth that liberates, not your effort to be free."
Speak the Truth
"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."