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Scheduled as Daily Quote: 1909-07-24
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... Motion, the thing without which we cannot think, understand, acquires the consciousness of life, is but illusion, just as when, standing still, while everything around you is running uniformly, it seems to you that everything stands still you run on the spot. So it is with the essence of the human "I". The "I", the true "I" of man is outside of movement, space and time, but he cannot understand life otherwise than in movement, and it seems to him that the world is standing still (although movement takes place in the world) and he is moving, evolving, aging, approaching death and dying. He seems to come and go, and the world remains. All these are obviously illusions.

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English

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... Motion, the thing without which we cannot think, understand, acquires the consciousness of life, is but illusion, just as when, standing still, while everything around you is running uniformly, it seems to you that everything stands still you run on the spot. So it is with the essence of the human "I". The "I", the true "I" of man is outside of movement, space and time, but he cannot understand life otherwise than in movement, and it seems to him that the world is standing still (although movement takes place in the world) and he is moving, evolving, aging, approaching death and dying. He seems to come and go, and the world remains. All these are obviously illusions.

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Romanian

"... Mișcarea, lucrul fără de care nu putem gândi, înțelege, capătă conștiința vieții, nu-i decât nălucire, la fel ca atunci când, stând neclintit, în timp ce totul în jurul tău aleargă uniform, ți se pare că totul stă pe loc și tu alergi. La fel se întâmplă și cu esența „eului“ omenesc. „Eul“, adevăratul „eu“ al omului e în afara mișcării, spațiului și timpului, dar nu poate înțelege viața altfel decât în mișcare și i se pare că lumea stă pe loc (deși în lume se petrece mișcarea) iar el se mișcă, evoluând, îmbătrânind, apropiindu-se de moarte și murind. Pare ca el vine și pleacă, iar lumea rămâne. Toate astea sunt evident iluzii."

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