Meditation is the dissolution of thoughts in Eternal awareness or Pure consciousness without objectification, knowing without thinking, merging finitude in infinity.

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By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

The art of medicine consists in amusing the patient while nature cures the disease.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

It is not love that should be depicted as blind, but self-love.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

The sovereign is called a tyrant who knows no laws but his caprice.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

I hate women because they always know where things are.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Let us work without theorizing, tis the only way to make life endurable.

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

Doctors are men who prescribe medicines of which they know little, to cure diseases of...

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

One great use of words is to hide our thoughts

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

Prejudices are what fools use for reason.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

The ancients recommended us to sacrifice to the Graces, but Milton sacrificed to the Devil.

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

I advise you to go on living solely to enrage those who are paying your...

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Injustice in the end produces independence.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very often, say what you will, a knave is only a fool.

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Very learned women are to be found, in the same manner as female warriors; but...

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to...

No life that breathes with human breath has ever truly longed for death.

No life that breathes with human breath has ever truly longed for death.

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...

We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. In that...