Word: absurdly
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...which is not a spiritual doctrine, not a religion, not even a philosophy. One who understands Zen has no gods to fail him. For Zen is not a faith, but faith; not hopes, but hope; not beliefs, but belief. It has no rituals, no concepts, no symbolism. It is absurd to infer that the Eastern flavor of Zen is not worth tasting. Since Zen is simply a way of life, it knows no bounds or boundaries. The beauty of Zen is that it allows things to come of themselves, i.e., if there is enlightenment, the world will automatically become that...
Where is the act of purpose, the work of thought to come from? Even with the will to achieve it, deliberately acquiring a consensus may sound as absurd as deliberately deciding to fall in love. But for those about to embark regretfully on a dubious, consensusless future, Father Murray has a further word. "It just happens," he says in effect, "that I have here a device which any reasonably intelligent person may apply to lead him to the consensus, the public philosophy." And with an urbane, engaging smile, out of his long black clericals he pops it: natural...
...called all rumors of Cornell trying to go big-time in football "absurd." The Navy game was scheduled four years ago," he declared, pointing out that the Big Red had played Navy many times "off and on through the years...
...raised in my two open letters to the Presidential candidates on the issue of nuclear tests. Professor Rabi apparently means that, since I am not a nuclear physicist, I am incompetent to discuss issues of public policy with regard to the development of nuclear technology. This is an absurd and arrogant judgment...
...there is a truly Waugh-like figure. "Bishop" Homer A. Tomlinson of New York, self-styled "King of the World," whose self-coronation in Dar-es-Salaam. Tanganyika, with the aid of a plastic terrestrial globe, was witnessed by an awed Waugh-the fictioneer outdone by the actually absurd...