“Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.”
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity.”
“Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pain of stupidity”
“But now and then, beneath the outer numbness, something stirred, like a living pain waiting for the anesthetic to wear away.”
“That's how life goes on - protected by the silence that anesthetizes shame.”
“The object of Zen is not to kill all feelings and become anesthetized to pain and fear. The object of Zen is to free us to scream loudly and fully when it is time to scream.”