Groundlessness Quotes

“After a tragedy, a farce. Philosophy enters into her power, and the earth returns under one's feet.”
― Lev Shestov, All Things are Possible

“Whilst stay-at-home persons are searching for truth, the apple will stay on the tree.”
― Lev Shestov, All Things are Possible

“If you turn to the right, you will marry, if to the left, you will be killed." A true philosopher never chooses the middle course; he needs no riches, he does not know what to do with money. But whether he turns to the right or to the left, nothing pleasant awaits him.”
― Lev Shestov, All Things are Possible

“The purpose of life is maybe just to be. In order to be, you have to live life, which is not boring at all. In fact, there are a lot of exchanges taking place, and there is more of a sense of celebration than before. The qualities of celebration and groundlessness make for a delightful world. So you live that life. I think the conventional idea is that we lead our life because we have to struggle and we have to achieve something, which keeps us occupied. But maybe that’s just one way, and there’s an entirely different approach altogether.”
― Chogyam Trungpa, Cynicism and Magic: Intelligence and Intuition on the Buddhist Path