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Book: Lord of Light
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
Once a Buddha, always a Buddha, Sam. Dust off some of your old parables. You have about fifteen minutes." Sam held out his hand. "Give me some tobacco and a paper." He accepted the package, rolled himself a cigarette. "Light? ...Thanks.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
A wave of grayness covered over the monastery. The breeze grew stronger, and the dance of the waters began upon the walls. Like a beaded curtain, the rain covered that open end of the porch at which they stared.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
When there is no real hope we must mint our own. If the coin be counterfeit it still may be passed.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
His followers called him Mahasamatman and said he was a god. He preferred to drop the Maha- and the -atman, however, and called himself Sam. He never claimed to be a god. But then, he never claimed not to be a god. Circumstances being what they were, neither admission could be of any benefit. Silence, though, could.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
It is the difference between the unknown and the unknowable, between science and fantasy - it is a matter of essence. The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown. Some do bow in that final direction. Others advance upon it. To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three. I may submit to the unknown, but never to the unknowable. The man who bows in that final direction is either a saint or a fool. I have no use for either.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
Being a god is the quality of being able to be yourself to such an extent that your passions correspond with the forces of the universe, so that
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
If they come upon one who still has not seen it and they speak to him of fire, he does not know what they mean. So they, in turn, fall back upon telling him what fire is like. As they do so, they know from their own experience that what they are telling him is not the truth, but only a part of it. They know that this man will never know reality from their words, though all the words in the world are theirs to use.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
To speak is to name names, but to speak is not important. A thing happens once that has never happened before. Seeing it, a man looks upon reality. He cannot tell others what he has seen. Others wish to know, however, so they question him saying, 'What is it like, this thing you have seen?' So he tries to tell them.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
it is because I am a man who occasionally aspires to things beyond the belly and the phallus.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
I'm very gullible when it comes to my own words. I believe everything I say, though I know I'm a liar.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
Siddhartha considered the ways of the demon, and in that moment he struck.
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Roger Zelazny _ Lord of Light
The four points of the compass be logic, knowledge, wisdom and the unknown....To bow before the one is to lose sight of the three."
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