Share this sentence
— Frederick Lenz"Meditation is the use of symbols, not abstractions. A symbol is something alive. It is a hyphen between one reality and another."
Related information
Discover more quotes
Previous Quote
... I have developed, over the years, some sense of the difference between real horseshit that you can step in and Ideal Platonic Horseshit that exists, evidently, only in the contemplation of those who worship such abstractions; and I continue to notice that Natural Law bears an uncanny resemblance to ideal Platonic Horseshit.
— Robert Anton Wilson
Next Quote
Use no superfluous word, no adjective, which does not reveal something. Don't use such an expression as 'dim land of peace.' It dulls the image. It mixes an abstraction with the concrete. It comes from the writer's not realizing that the natural object is always the adequate symbol. Go in fear of abstraction.
— Ezra Pound
Loading recommended content...