Reality Check (Part 3): Beyond Words | Jake Haber

For Part 3 of our Reality Check series, we examined the power - and limitations - of words. 

 

Quotes:

 

Hermann Hesse:

"Words do not convey the beauty of the Tao; they merely point to it. The true nature of the universe is beyond description.”

 

Søren Kierkegaard:

"Once you label me, you negate me.”

 

Alan Watts:

"Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth."

"The more a thing tends to be permanent, the more it tends to be lifeless. To define something is to limit it.”

 

Rumi:

"Words are a barrier between the heart and the soul; the heart's language is beyond words.”

 

Thomas Merton: 

"Silence is God’s first language; everything else is a poor translation."

 

Philippians 4:7: 

“…the peace of God, which transcends all understanding”