Background
- Born in
- Felixstowe
- Educated at
- University of OxfordEton CollegeAscham St. Vincent's SchoolEastbourne College
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"One must know that one is not in order to be able to understand that we are."
"It is only with total humility, and in absolute stillness of mind that we can know what indeed we are."
"Only by Failure : The Many Faces of the Impossible Life of Terence Gray by Paul Cornwell"
"Are we not wasps who spend all day in a fruitless attempt to traverse a window-pane — while the other half of the window is wide open?"
"Doctrines, scriptures, sutras, essays, are not to be regarded as systems to be followed. They merely contribute to understanding. They should be for us a source of stimulation, and nothing more... Ado…"
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1895
Born
Birth1986
Died
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