No, you are mistaken. He is a good guess though. The man I am referring to lived not so long before him. There is mention in some writings concerning this undoubtedly great philosopher that his wife is somewhat of a dragon. According to this exclamation the two facts seem to be related.
Kabbalah is not a text or a piece of writing. It's the mystical tradition within Judaism.
At any rate, as I said before Thomas was closer with his guess of the Upanishads (which is Hindu) than you were with either the Tanakh or Kabbalah (which are both Jewish).
I'm pretty sure it's either from some Hindu or Buddhist literature. I dont recall the phrase from the Tao-Te-Ching, Chuang Tzu, or the Analects, though this might be a failure of my memory more than anything else.
The lines are from an immense epic poem called the Mahabharata, which is one of the great epic poems of ancient India. My translation is over 5000 pages long.
The Bhagavad Gita is actually the climactic moment of the Mahabharata story, though it's usually read and studied by itself.
The lines describe just how enormous the Mahabharata is. I've read about 1/4 of it. It's stunning -- quite possibly the greatest of all ancient literary works.
These are the rules established previously. I figured since we have new faces (myself included), I would post them again.
quote important and well known philosophers and make the rest guess who said it. If you don't know, ask a question and the quote poster will have to answer. The one who guesses the name of the philosopher in question is next.
The rules: - One person states a quote by a philosopher. - People try to guess the name or ask questions. - Nobody searches the internet for the quote (would be a spoiler).
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Ogden, since you were the closest, I think you should have the honors.
May some others join on as well.