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Quotes by William Hamilton

I do not hesitate to maintain, that what we are conscious of is constructed out of what we are not conscious of,-that our whole knowledge, in fact, is made up of the unknown and the incognisable.

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
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Paradoxically, as the mind becomes simpler, it can perceive greater complexity.

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
Source: Saints and Psychopaths, Page: 123
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Many people have chosen psychotherapy over enlightenment.  Someone asked Anagarike Munindra, a great Buddhist meditation master in India, why it was easier for Asians to attain enlightenment.  His reply was that, "Westerners are doing psychotherapy."  

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
Source: Saints and Psychopaths, Page: 90
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Nirvana is an experience of the Unconditioned which defies any description.  Any description of Nirvana is not a description of Nirvana, and that is the most that can be said about Nirvana.  There are no reference points in Nirvana on which to base a description.

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
Source: Saints and Psychopaths, Page: 72..73
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Truth, like a torch, the more it's shook it shines.

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
Source: Discussions on Philosophy
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On earth there is nothing great but man; in man there is nothing great but mind.

William Hamilton (1788 - 1856)
Source: Lectures on Metaphysics
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