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I thank Lucy Rhymer for placing her faith or, rather, hope in me when others thought this was a hopelessly ambitious work and for stepping far beyond her role as acquisition editor to help me draw my wandering gaze back to the reader.
Prasenjit Duara • The Crisis of Global Modernity: Asian Traditions and a Sustainable Future (Asian Connections)
For beings who lack the bodhisattva’s aspiration cannot hear, grasp, memorize, recite, or master this dharma teaching.
Red Pine • The Diamond Sutra: The Perfection of Wisdom
There is no greater consolation for mediocrity than that the genius is not immortal.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
If I had gained anything, or if my exhortations had been paid, there would have been some sense in my doing so; but now, as you will perceive, not even the impudence of my accusers dares to say that I have ever exacted or sought pay of any one; of that they have no witness. And I have a sufficient witness to the truth of what I say—my poverty.
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
Some one may wonder why I go about in private giving advice and busying myself with the concerns of others, but do not venture to come forward in public and advise the state. I will tell you why.
Plato • Plato: The Complete Works
Three-Hundred-Mile Tiger: The Record of Lin-Chi Translation and Commentary by Sokei-An
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