Michele Pasin / Quotes

Addison among the tombs

Consider the words of Joseph Addison: When I look upon the tombs of the great, every emotion of envy dies in me; when I read the epitaphs of the beautiful…

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (Stephen R. Covey) #death #humanity #compassion

Chi non ha dubbi è invulnerabile

Frequentando il mondo politico e i top manager capii che alcune persone erano più persuasive di altre, e infatti quel che sostenevano tendeva ad avverarsi più…

Adesso basta (Simone Perotti) #power #compassion #work #politicians

Christian hypochondria

Hypochondria.—There are people who, from sympathy and anxiety for others become hypochondriacal. The resulting form of compassion is nothing else than…

Human, All Too Human: A Book For Free Spirits #people #compassion #sympathy

Death like changing house

For him, all that matters is that everybody says he is the first reincarnation of Akong, and that means he must have the same qualities. ‘Then I have to serve…

The Ego Trick (baggini, Julian) #reincarnation #death #compassion #meditation

Honoring the godhead in the stranger

Anyone who brags about knowing this doesn’t understand it, for he is only using the theory as a trick to maintain his illusion of separateness, a gimmick in a…

The Book: On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are #game #illusion #gestures #compassion

Il ciclo vita/morte è il nirvana

«Cercate soltanto di capire che lo stesso ciclo vita/morte è il nirvana. Non esiste qualcosa come un ciclo vita/morte da evitare; non esiste qualcosa come il…

Lo Spirito del Giappone (Leonardo Vittorio Arena) #life #death #nondualism #zen #compassion