What did Wang Yangming mean by: Perhaps immortality is a gift of heaven rather than the result of some human effort. Wang Yangming Philosopher · China Copy
+ Yin and Yang are one vital force — the primordial aura. Author, September 4, 2023January 2, 2025, Wang Yangming, Balance, Energy, Unity, 0 Wang Yangming Philosopher · China
+ To know and not to act is not to know. Author, October 10, 2023January 2, 2025, Wang Yangming, Action, Knowledge, Understanding, 0 Wang Yangming Philosopher · China
Knowledge is the beginning of practice; doing is the completion of knowing. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wang Yangming, Action, Knowledge, Practice, 0 Wang Yangming Philosopher · China
Thought and learning are of small value unless translated into action. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, Wang Yangming, Action, Learning, Thought, 0 Wang Yangming Philosopher · China
A man has only one way of being immortal on earth: he has to forget he is a mortal. Jean Giraudoux Playwright · France
Blest be the art that can immortalize,–the art that baffles time’s tyrannic claim to quench it. William Cowper Poet · England
What is your greatest ambition in life?’ ‘To become immortal… and then die. Jean-Luc Godard Filmmaker · France