What did Taisen Deshimaru mean by: Descartes said, “I think, therefore I am.” I say, “I do not think, that is why I exist.” - Taisen Deshimaru Zen Buddhist monk and teacher · Japan Copy
+ You cannot separate any part from the whole: interdependence rules the cosmic order. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Taisen Deshimaru, Cosmic, Interdependence, 0 - Taisen Deshimaru Zen Buddhist monk and teacher · Japan
+ The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Taisen Deshimaru, Beautiful, Climbing, Silence, 0 - Taisen Deshimaru Zen Buddhist monk and teacher · Japan
+ We feel our shell keeps us safe, but it crushes us and others, and keeps out light and sun. Feraz Zeid, December 22, 2023January 10, 2024, Taisen Deshimaru, Crush, Light, Shells, 0 - Taisen Deshimaru Zen Buddhist monk and teacher · Japan
I’ve taught, and the first thing I did when I taught art, was not to teach art. Explain - Louise Berliawsky Nevelson Sculptor · Ukraine
Appreciation of art is a moral erection, otherwise mere dilettantism. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Whatever the world condemns you for, make it your own. It is yourself. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
The liabilities are always 100 percent good. It’s the assets you have to worry about. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
It’s stupid the way people extrapolate the past — and not slightly stupid, but massively stupid. Explain - Charlie Munger Business person
Film will only became an art when its materials are as inexpensive as pencil and paper. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
