Janwillem van de Wetering quotes
-
“Greed is a fat demon with a small mouth and whatever you feed it is never enough.”
-- Janwillem van de WeteringSource : Janwillem Van De Wetering (2003). “Just a Corpse at Twilight”, p.118, Soho Press
-
“What is first seen as a loss is now seen as a gain. For he finds solitude, not in far off, quite places; he creates it out of himself, spreads it around him, wherever he may be, because he loves it and slowly he ripens in this tranquility. For the inner process is beginning to unfold, stillness is extraordinarily important.”
-- Janwillem van de Wetering -
“To see what isn't true is easy. But to see what is true will take some doing.”
-- Janwillem van de Wetering -
“For me this book was a very practical explanation of one man's experience of Enlightened awareness in in the face of or in light of dogma-oriented wisdom.”
-- Janwillem van de Wetering -
-
“Not only has one to do one's best, one must, while doing one's best, remain detached from whatever one is trying to achieve.”
-- Janwillem van de WeteringSource : Janwillem van de Wetering (2014). “The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery”, p.142, St. Martin's Griffin
-
“To die should be the most interesting journey of all the journeys a person can take.”
-- Janwillem van de Wetering -
“I had been proud of my awareness, aware of my pride, and proud of that awareness again. It went on like this: How clever I am that I know I am so stupid, how stupid I am to think that I am clever, and how clever I am that I am aware of my stupidity, etc.”
-- Janwillem van de WeteringSource : Janwillem van de Wetering (2014). “The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery”, p.131, St. Martin's Griffin
-
Source : Aaron Swartz (2016). “The Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz”, p.27, The New Press
-
“Do not follow vain desires; for verily he who prospers is preserved from lust, greed and anger.”
-
“I contemplated my greed for peace. And I did not seek tranquillity anymore.”
-
“But you can vanquish the demons only when you yourself are convinced of your own worth.”
Source : Adeline Yen Mah (1999). “Chinese Cinderella: The True Story of an Unwanted Daughter”, Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers
-
“In the very depths of Hell, do not demons love one another?”
-
“Demon or not, it didn't matter, suffering was everywhere he looked.”
You may also like:
-
Alexandra David-Neel
Writer -
Boris Pasternak
Poet -
Colin Dexter
Writer -
Dashiell Hammett
Author -
Dorothy L. Sayers
Writer -
George Pelecanos
Author -
Helen McCloy
Writer -
Ian Rankin
Crime writer -
James Crumley
Author -
Jim Thompson
Author -
Lawrence Block
Writer -
Louise Penny
Author -
Maj Sjowall
Author -
Margery Allingham
Writer -
Michael Connelly
Author -
Rutger Hauer
Actor -
Ruth Rendell
Baroness Rendell of Babergh