#delusion

For what else is tragedy, but the sufferings of men, bewildered by their admiration of external things, represented in proper verse?

The great problem of civilization is that we take the symbols for the reality.

He who thinks he can find in himself the means of doing without all men is much mistaken; but he who thinks that men cannot do without him is still more mistaken.

The musk deer runs frantically across the forest searching for the intoxicating scent that emanates from its own navel.

Abandon the delusion of caste, lineage, and family; look upon all beings with the pure eye of equal vision.