From John Donne: “Reason is our soul’s left hand, Faith her right,By these we reach divinity”
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Quote of the day 07/24/25
From John Donne: “Any man’s death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bells tolls; it tolls for thee.”
Quote of the day 07/23/25
From John Donne: “Be thine own palace, or the world’s thy jail.”
Quote of the day 07/22/25
From Basho: “To talk casuallyAbout an iris flowerIs one of the pleasuresOf the wandering journey.”
Quote of the day 07/21/25
From Basho: “Birth of art –song of rice planters,chorus from nowhere.”
Quote of the day 07/19/25
From Basho: “In the end, without skill or talent, I’ve given myself over entirely to poetry. Po Chu-i labored at it until he nearly burst. Tu Fu starved rather than abandon it. Neither my intelligence nor my writing is comparable to such men. Nevertheless, in the end, we ALL live in phantom huts.”
Quote of the day 07/12/25
From Basho: “Sitting quietly, doing nothing;Spring comes, and the grass grows by itself.”
Quote of the day 07/11/25
From Basho: “Real poetry is to lead a beautiful life. To live poetry is better than to write it.”
Quote of the day 07/09/25
From Jitsu-go-kiyo: “If thou be born in the poor man’s hovel, yet have wisdom, then wilt thou be like the lotus-flower growing out of the mire.”
Quote of the day 07/06/25
From the Salla Sutta: “This world is afflicted with death and decay; therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.”
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