From R.H. Blyth: “Everything is bathed in love like the ether. The world is like a spider’s web; touch one part and the whole quivers.”
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Quote of the day 04/09/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Though the self, the selfish self, must disappear, emotion remains and this emotion is love.”
Quote of the day 04/07/25
From the Hekiganrobu: “To meet with ill fortune is to meet with good fortune. To meet with submission is to meet with an enemy.”
Quote of the day 04/06/25
From the Rokusodankyo: “At every moment, in every place, if we are free from foolish desires and act wisely, we have Wisdom (Paradise). One foolish thought, and Paradise is lost; one wise thought and salvation is again ours.”
Quote of the day 04/03/25
From R.H. Blyth: “We are to ask fervently, to seek passionately, to knock madly – but it must be for nothing. When our self is all asked, sought, knocked away, everything is given, found, opened.”
Quote of the day 04/02/25
From R.H. Blyth: “…poetry, like religion, must be ascetic, must have the element of poverty in it.”
Quote of the day 03/30/25
From Basho: “Ah, hanging bridge! Ivy-ropes Entwine existence!”
Quote of the day 03/27/25
From R.H. Blyth: “To the pure, all things are pure. To the divine, all things are divine.”
Quote of the day 03/25/25
From R.H. Blyth: On Don Quixote: “The object of a Knight Errant … is not to judge men, not to think of their goodness or badness, but only of their misfortunes … this applies to all men and women equally; old and young, rich and poor, good and bad … His attitude to other peopleContinue reading “Quote of the day 03/25/25”
Quote of the day 03/24/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Truth is expressible only in the form of a paradox. What is not paradoxical, is not true; is not living, inexpressible truth. Denial is the only way to answer, blasphemy the only praise.”
