“Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible. —Frank Zappa”
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
“The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese. —Steven Wright”
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
“The whole history of religion is the history of the failure of preaching. Preaching is moral violence.”
― Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
― Cloud-hidden, Whereabouts Unknown
“The nap also has a deserved reputation for its spiritual benefits. The founders of the great world religions were dedicated nappers, and indeed, it was during their roadside dozes that their visions often came. The nap is a sort of easy version of meditation. Jesus was an idler. Buddha was definitely an idler. —Tom Hodgkinson, How to be Idle”
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
― The Tao of the Dude: Awesome Insights of Deep Dudes from Lao Tzu to Lebowski
“In East Asia generally, the notion of a Supreme Being, so essential to Western religions, is replaced by that of a Supreme State of Being, an impersonal perfection from which beings including man are separated only by delusion.”
― Taoism: The Road to Immortality
― Taoism: The Road to Immortality
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