Wisdom
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In Recent Generations, Many Have Come to Regard… – Foyan
In recent generations, many have come to regard question and answer dialogues as the style of the Zen school. They do not understand what the ancients were all about; they only pursue trivia, and do not come back to the essentials. How strange! People in older times asked questions on account of confusion, so they… Continue reading
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Sitting in Solitude
For many years I have dug in the ground, Seeking the blue skies Time after time Gaining only obstructions In my heart one night In the midst of the darkness I kicked up a piece of tile. Just letting go I realized the already empty bones Are struck into bits. – Muso Soseki Continue reading
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What is the Use of Going… – Henry David Thoreau
What is the use of going over the old tracks again? You must make tracks into the unknown. Henry David Thoreau Continue reading
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Words Do Not Express Thoughts… – Hermann Hesse
Words do no express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, distorted, a little foolish. Hermann Hesse Continue reading
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Truth Does Not Reveal… – Shantidasa
Truth does not reveal itself in the chatter of conversation, nor can it be coaxed to betray its secrets upon a printed page. Truth speaks only in the deep stillness of silence. Shantidasa Continue reading
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Cotton Fitzsimmons
You’re not going to make me have a bad day. If there’s oxygen on earth and I’m breathing, it’s going to be a good day. Cotton Fitzsimmons Continue reading
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Those Who Are Lifting The World… – Elizabeth Harrison
Those who are lifting the world upward and onward are those who encourage more than criticize. Elizabeth Harrison Continue reading
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Jawaharial Nehru
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles and begin to wander away from the road that leads to their realization. – Jawaharial Nehru Continue reading
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Society Is Made Up Of Two Main Classes… – Nicholas Chamfort
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Generosity
You do not have to be rich to be generous. If you have the spirit of true generosity, a pauper can give like a prince. -Corrine U. Wells **** Generosity consists not of the sum given, but of the manner in which it is bestowed. -unattributed Continue reading
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Habits
Your habits can be your friends or your enemies; they can help you or hurt you. – Maxwell Maltz ***** Know that every bad habit is a thornbush. After all, how often have you stepped on its thorns? – Jalal al-Din Rumi Continue reading
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Eda LeShan
When we cannot bear to be alone, it means we do not properly value the only companion we will have from birth to death–ourselves. Eda LeShan Continue reading
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Rebecca Beard
We should have no regrets. We should never look back. The past is finished. There is nothing to be gained by going over it. Rebecca Beard Continue reading
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Yoga Vasistha
The characteristic of the ignorant person is that he or she strives to be other than what he or she is…. To the enlightened one, there is none who are ignorant. Yoga Vasistha Continue reading
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John Foster Dulles
The world will never have lasting peace so long as people reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith. John Foster Dulles Continue reading
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No, You Move / No Matter The Odds Or The Consequences
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FDR Memorial
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Cynthia Heimel
When in doubt, make a fool of yourself. There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth. So what the hell, leap! Cynthia Heimel Continue reading
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Frederick Salomon Perls
I do my thing and you do your thing. I am not in this world to live up to your expectations, and you are not in this world to live up to mine. You are you and I am I. And if by chance we find each other, it’s beautiful. If not, it can’t be… Continue reading
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The True Gentleman
Mitt Romney should read this. Continue reading
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