Gymnosophists Quotes & Sayings

Good works are the seals and proofs of faith; for even as a letter must have a seal to strengthen the same, even so faith must have good works. — Martin Luther

And perhaps it was also the case that, for all a lifetime's internal struggling, you were finally no more than what others saw you as. That was your nature, whether you liked it or not. — Julian Barnes

But who can say what's best? That's why you need to grab whatever chance you have of happiness where you find it, and not worry about other people too much. My experience tells me that we get no more than two or three such chances in a life time, and if we let them go, we regret it for the rest of our lives. — Haruki Murakami

The storms in life don't make you any less perfect; they make you beautiful and full of character — T.L. Gray

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing. — George Bernard Shaw

Western engagement with Eastern spirituality dates back at least as far as Alexander's campaign in India, where the young conqueror and his pet philosophers encountered naked ascetics whom they called "gymnosophists." It is often said that the thinking of these yogis greatly influenced the philosopher Pyrrho, the father of Greek skepticism. This seems a credible claim, because Pyrrho's teachings had much in common with Buddhism. But his contemplative insights and methods never became part of any system of thought in the West. — Sam Harris

Two of Epicurus's early influences, Democritus and Pyrrho, had actually journeyed all the way to what is now India, where they had encountered Buddhism in the schools of the gymnosophists — Epicurus

Computer modelling for weather forecasting, and indeed for climate forecasting, has reached its limits. — Piers Corbyn