Ummon Quotes & Sayings

[A lesser light asked Ummon Are there multiple futures Ummon answered Does a dog have fleas] — Dan Simmons

Feminism starts out being very simple, and it ends up being a world view that questions hierarchy altogether. — Gloria Steinem

I see you giving my sweater the stink eye, mister. — Daisy Prescott

I've always followed my father's advice: he told me, first to always keep my word and, second, to never insult anybody unintentionally. If I insult you, you can be goddamn sure I intend to. And, third, he told me not to go around looking for trouble. — John Wayne

Dreams have a long history of delivering messages. At the very least they have been considered meaningful and mysterious. — Deepak Chopra

Those oft are stratagems which errors seem Nor is it Homer nods, but we that dream; — Alexander Pope

In my case, adulthood itself was not an advance, although it was a useful waymark. — Nicholson Baker

If someone criticizes me, I strike back. — Romario

Certainty is the mark of the commonsense life-gracious uncertainty is the mark of the spiritual life. — Oswald Chambers

[A less-enlightened personage once asked Ummon What is the God-nature/Buddha/Central Truth> Ummon answered him A dried shit-stick] — Dan Simmons

Whether the gods are inside or outside makes very little difference to whether there are gods. — Jordan Peterson

We, the vulnerable, have to wear costumes in order to feel safe, or to feel less unsafe. — Garnette Cadogan

[Once Ummon asked a lesser light Are you a gardener> Yes it replied Why have turnips no roots> Ummon asked the gardener who could not reply Because said Ummon rainwater is plentiful] I think about this for a moment. Ummon's koan is not difficult now that I am regaining the knack of listening for the shadow of substance beneath the words. The little Zen parable is Ummon's way of saying, with some sarcasm, that the answer lies within science and within the antilogic which scientific answers so often provide. The rainwater comment answers everything and nothing, as so much of science has for so long. As Ummon and the other Masters teach, it explains why the giraffe evolved a long neck but never why the other animals did not. It explains why humankind evolved to intelligence, but not why the tree near the front gate refused to. — Dan Simmons

Let us leave a spare place at our table: a place for those who lack the basics, who are alone. — Pope Francis