From Marcus Aurelius: “Look into their minds, at what the wise do and what they don’t.”
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Quote of the day 08/22/23
From Lucretius: “Trees don’t live in the sky, and clouds don’t swim In the salt seas, and fish don’t leap in wheatfields, Blood isn’t found in wood, nor sap in rocks. By fixed arrangement, all that live and grows Submits to limit and restrictions.”
Quote of the day 08/21/23
From the Buddha: “We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.”
Quote of the day 08/20/23
From Seneca: “Study rather to fill your mind than your coffers; knowing that gold and silver were originally mingled with dirt, until avarice or ambition parted them.”
Quote of the day 08/19/23
From Buddhism: “Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.”
Ambition
Make your progress slow, gentle Ambition is a quicksand trap The more you struggle The deeper you sink
Perfection
A block of marble is perfect A blank canvas is perfect Empty space is perfect Continuous, unblemished, unbroken A sculpture is beautiful A painting is beautiful Nature is beautiful
Quote of the day 08/18/23
From Buddhism: “Let him not deceive another nor despise anyone anywhere. In anger or ill will let him not wish another ill.”
Quote of the day 08/17/23
From Marcus Aurelius: “Nothing happens to any man that he is not formed by nature to bear.”
Dog
Sun-warmed shadowSleeping soundIn your place upon the ground Trembling, growling in your dreams Running free through fields of green As I sit watching, silentI look upon your speckled browAs I see you slowly greying The secret work of time betraying All the deeds of men convergeCities built and battles wonAs you lie beside my windowContinue reading “Dog”
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