Finite Quotes
Tantric Zen is for the individual who is in love with both the finite and the infinite, who gets a kick out of this weird transitory world and at the same time, wants to step beyond it.
Some people get tired of continual perception of the finite universe. They feel the perception of the universe over and over in variant forms is kind of an unhappy condition, because it doesn't last.
From infinite awareness, something comes forward, a sense of infinite awareness and finite awareness. That perception is the birth of a being.
On your journey, remember there is no end. That is true knowledge. There is no final knowledge. There is no final enlightenment, that is a very finite, human way of seeing things.
To meditate with humility, consider existence. It is infinite. You are finite. You are a finite portion of infinite existence. Let this be your meditation.
Practicing zazen and mindfulness constantly and correctly, over a period of time, can bring strength and clarity to your finite mind and eventually give you access to your infinite mind.
As long as you wish to separate yourself from the immortal consciousness, you will suffer. You will experience the pain of the separation, the abridgment of infinite mind in finite form.
Death is simply a change in perception. It is not an end to perception as a finite being.
Enlightenment is not a finite state. It's not something that you just do and it's done. It goes on forever.
As finite creatures who think and feel, we can create islands of meaning in the sea of information.
Would you reach the infinite? Then enter into finite things, working out all that they contain.
People think that the ocean is big enough to sustain anything we throw at it - its hard to get into your head that it's actually finite.
Computers are finite machines; when given the same input, they always produce the same output.
Well, the capacity of French intellectuals to understand a Texan way of thinking is finite.
Love is no individual's experience; and though we are imperfect mediums, it does not partake of our imperfection; though we are finite, it is infinite and eternal.
God's creature is one. He makes man, not men. His true creature is unitary and infinite, revealing himself, indeed, in every finite form, but compromised by none.
The sea had jeeringly kept his finite body up, but drowned the infinite of his soul.
We live on a finite planet. We have finite resources, and we're running out of good, arable land.
There is no single theory that is used in economics that considers the finite nature of resources. It's shocking.
God is a wider consciousness than we are, a pure intelligence, spiritual life and actuality. He is neither one nor many, neither man nor spirit. Such predicates belong only to finite beings.
Our deepest mature conviction is that finite and infinite interpenetrate, as time and eternity interpenetrate, and our problems must be solved in the light of that conviction.
The finite human being shall never know in its fullness Truth and Love which is itself infinite.
In my time at St. Mary's College, drifting out of sports because it was something that began to feel really finite. And I could see that I didn't have the passion to sustain a career in sports.
By our very nature, we are a human paradox. We are a human being. The being is infinite and the human is very finite. We walk around like lightening in a bottle.
We have such a finite amount of hours on this planet, and there is just no excuse for living a mundane, predictable life in life.
Time is our most finite commodity, therefore our most valuable, and I respect other peoples' time.
When politicians & economists understand we live in a finite world & act accordingly then a better future has a chance
What will use more finite resources? That 3rd or 4th child you have or driving a large car? We all need to think about the choices we make
Everybody has a finite amount of energy and limits to what he or she can do. Listen to your body. It will talk to you if you're willing to listen.
For it is only the finite that has wrought and suffered; the infinite lies stretched in smiling repose.
Life, to me personally, I believe it is a finite thing, my consciousness, and I want to use it as much as possible.
Scientifically, happiness is a choice. It is a choice about where your single processor brain will devote its finite resources as you process the world.
All the goods of this world...are finite and limited and radically incapable of satisfying the desire that perpetually burns within us for an infinite and perfect good.
While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite.
The belief that love is a finite essence that will eventually run out holds a certain logic for me even now, even if I am supposed to know better.
It is important to remember that the ocean's resources are finite. The commitment these kids are making here today is a clear and compelling call to all of us to pay attention to our ocean.
The infinite, absolute character of Virtue has passed into a finite, conditional one; it is no longer a worship of the Beautiful and Good; but a calculation of the Profitable.
