“There is something of a strange excitement in the knowledge that two people are here: so intimate and yet so far-off.”

The dual self felt as companionship on a lonely crossing · Letter to Elizabeth Sharp, Arran ferry, 1895

• Dualism
• Identity
• Solitude

“Those who say “I am the servant of God” still affirm two beings: themselves and God. Those who say “I am God” have become nothing and thrown themselves to the wind.”

Original: آن که گوید من بنده خدایم دو وجود اثبات کرده است: خود و خدا. آن که گوید انا الحق نیست شده است و خود را به باد داده. — Servanthood can still be a form of dualism; annihilation is presented as the deeper courtesy. · Fihi Ma Fihi, Discourse 11 (Persian)

• Dualism
• God
• Humility

“How strange it is that light only makes the shadows visible.”

Original: Wie seltsam ist es doch, dass das Licht die Schatten erst sichtbar macht. — Observes the duality between clarity and gloom · Notebook fragment, c. 1912 (German)

• Dualism
• Light
• Perception