Esoteric Quotes - Page 2

• The blunt large questions become connected to smaller, apparently esoteric ones.

  Alain de Botton

  Blunt, Connected

  Alain de Botton (2003). “The Art of Travel”, p.67, Penguin UK

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• As I study both the exoteric and the esoteric schools of Buddhism, they maintain that human beings are endowed with Dharma-nature by birth. If this is the case, why did the Buddhas of all ages - undoubtedly in possession of enlightenment - find it necessary to seek enlightenment and engage in spiritual practice?

  Dogen

  Spiritual, School, Buddhism

  "Eihei Dogen: Mystical Realist". Book by Hee-jin Kim, 2004.

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• "Science" is pedantic, arrogant, esoteric and often insane.

  Herbert M. Shelton

  Insane, Arrogant, Pedantic

  Herbert M. Shelton (2015). “The Science and Fine Art of Fasting”, p.76, Ravenio Books

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• The exclusion of true esoteric religion has been the business of the State since ancient times. At first this was done via the establishment of the popular idealism of exoteric religious institutions in league with the State. But in modern times the same process is done by the strategic exclusion of conventional religious cultism, mystical idealism, and higher evolutionary Wisdom from the mechanisms of popular culture.

  Adi Da

  Religious, League, Done

  Adi Da Samraj (1980). “Scientific proof of the existence of God will soon be announced by the White House!: prophetic wisdom about the myths and idols of mass culture and popular religious cultism, the new priesthood of scientific and political materialism, and the secrets of enlightenment hidden in the body of man”, Dawn Horse Pr

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• I like the ritual, the liturgy of a well-crafted, emotional fashion show. I will never be jaded with this side of fashion. The catwalk is pure anthropology, something like an esoteric encrypted parade. It can totally be replaced but it will be missed.

  Hedi Slimane

  Fashion, Emotional, Sides

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• The Secret Doctrine is the common property of the countless millions of men born under various climates, in times with which History refuses to deal, and to which esoteric teachings assign dates incompatible with the theories of Geology and Anthropology.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Teaching, Men, Secret

  H.P. Blavatsky (2016). “The Secret Doctrine”, p.1206, Penguin

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• Deep down, you see, I long to be arcane, esoteric. I would love to confound people with their own language.

  David Levithan

  Long, People, Language

  Rachel Cohn, David Levithan (2010). “Dash & Lily's Book of Dares”, p.61, Knopf Books for Young Readers

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• My work is a fusion of personal experiences and influences - moody atmospheres, victorian-inspired couture, and timeless elements all laced with clandestine symbolism. The figures I paint exist in their own esoteric realm and time, and each painting offers a glimpse into their anomalous world.

  Lori Earley

  Symbolism, Atmosphere, Fusion

  Artist Statement, www.loriearley.com.

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• Greatness is not this, wonderful, esoteric, elusive, god-like feature that only the special among us will ever taste. You know? It's something that truly exists, in, all of us. It's very simple, this is what I believe, and, I'm willing to die for it. Period. It's that simple.

  Will Smith

  Believe, Simple, Greatness

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• In the esoteric teachings, a transference process takes place between teacher and student where knowledge is actually transmitted from one to the other. This requires that the student be receptive.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Buddhist, Teaching

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• I do feel like the hardest thing is to do something simple and tap into whatever remains of our common language rather than cultivating your own willfully esoteric vocabulary.

  David Longstreth

  Simple, Vocabulary, Common

  "Dirty Projectors". Interview with Brandon Stosuy, pitchfork.com. July 2, 2012.

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• We are, all four of us, blood relatives, and we speak a kind of esoteric, family language, a sort of semantic geometry in which the shortest distance between any two points is a fullish circle.

  J. D. Salinger

  Distance, Blood, Circles

  j.d. salinger (1961). “franny and zooey”

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• I hate to sound esoteric, but there is something about a house that leads you to that one chair, that one corner, where you just sit and feel comfortable.

  Francisco Costa

  Hate, House, Sound

  Interview with David Colman, www.interviewmagazine.com. November 19, 2008.

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• Christian scholars often say that Sufi theories are close to those of Christianity. Many Moslems maintain that they are essentially derived from Islam. The resemblance of many Sufi ideas to those of several religious and esoteric systems are sometimes taken as evidence of derivation. The Islamic interpretation is that religion is of one origin, differences being due to local or historical causes.

  Idries Shah

  Christian, Religious, Taken

  Idries Shah (1974). “The Elephant in the Dark”, p.6, Octagon Press Ltd

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• I've tried Buddhism, Scientology, Numerology, Transcendental Meditation, Qabbala, t'ai chi, feng shui and Deepak Chopra but I find straight gin works best.

  Phyllis Diller

  Philosophy, Buddhism, Meditation

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• Unfortunately for a multitude of occultists, humor is a rare ingredient in their lives. In fact it is their very lack of humor that has impelled them into the arcane and esoteric.

  Anton Szandor LaVey

  Ingredients, Facts, Arcane

  Anton Szandor LaVey (2000). “The Devil's Notebook”, p.48, Feral House

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• The most important thing I have done is to combine something esoteric with a practical issue that affects many people.

  Benoit Mandelbrot

  Issues, People, Important

  "A fractal life". Interview with Valerie Jamieson, www.newscientist.com. November 10, 2004.

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• I believe that I can create whatever I want to create. If I can put my head on it right, study it, learn the patterns, and - it's hard to put into words, it's real metaphysical, esoteric nonsense, but I feel very strongly that we are who we choose to be.

  Will Smith

  Real, Believe, Patterns

  Source: www.pbs.org

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• So little have thee first Christians (who despoiled the Jews of their Bible) understood the first four chapters of Genesis in their esoteric meaning, that they never perceived that not only was no sin intended in this disobedience, but that actually the 'Serpent' was 'the Lord God' himself, who, as the Ophis, the Logos, or the bearer of divine creative wisdom, taught mankind to become creators in their turn.

  H. P. Blavatsky

  Christian, Creative, Four

  H.P. Blavatsky (2016). “The Secret Doctrine”, p.722, Penguin

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• When you write about esoteric things, it can be way out there.

  James Van Praagh

  Writing, Way

  Source: bookpage.com

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• I think neuroscience is obviously very esoteric, but I think there are aspects of it that can absolutely be brought down to the level of an interested 11-, 12-, 13-year-old easily.

  Mayim Bialik

  Thinking, Years, Levels

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• An esoteric or enlightened teacher of Buddhism is someone who has the ability to transfer power to another individual. A real empowerment is not just a ceremony.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teacher, Real, Buddhism

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• Magic is a set of techniques and approaches which can be used to extend the limits of Achievable Reality. Our sense of Achievable Reality is the limitations which we believe bind us into a narrow range of actions and successes - what we believe to be possible for us at any one time. In this context, the purpose of magic is to simultaneously explore those boundaries and attempt to push them back - to widen the 'sphere' of possible action.

  Phil Hine

  Believe, Reality, Magic

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• All of the exoteric teachings are only designed to give you the type of life that will allow you to practice the esoteric teachings.

  Frederick Lenz

  Teaching, Practice, Giving

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• Acting is kind of difficult to intellectualize - it's a far more visceral experience. It's really hard to be able to think about and then employ these kind of esoteric notions of this person's backstory and try to weave it in somehow. It's just kind of impossible.

  Jesse Eisenberg

  Thinking, Trying, Acting

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