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Quote of the day 05/12/25
From R.H. Blyth: “What then is the function of poverty in life, reality, poetry? Poverty means the closest possible approximation of these three things which in our ordinary manner of living are separated.”
Quote of the day 05/11/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Poetry is not iambic tetrameter or what not; it is reality conveyed to us in words, or rather through words, no, in spite of words, and when ‘we see into the life of things,’ we know that our life is reality, our life is poetry, and that these three are and alwaysContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/11/25”
Quote of the day 05/10/25
From Ryokan: You say my poems are poetry? They are not. Yet if you understand they are not,- Then you see the poetry of them!
Quote of the day 05/07/25
From Mencius: “The great man is he who does not lose his childlike heart.”
Quote of the day 05/06/25
From R.H. Blyth: “However long or short your life is, it is a complete one. Whether the wind comes from the heat of the sun or the coolness of the moon, it is the wind; to fill every moment of a life with living, that is to be like the lily, the plant and flowerContinue reading “Quote of the day 05/06/25”
Quote of the day 05/03/25
From Matthew Arnold: We cannot kindle when we will The fire which in the heart resides, The spirit bloweth and is still; In mystery our soul abides.
Quote of the day 05/02/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The meaning, the object of our life, is the state of being unborn, age-less, immortal, which is our real nature and the nature of all things.”
Quote of the day 05/01/25
From Confucius: “If a man sees Truth in the morning, he may die in the evening without regret.”
Quote of the day 04/30/25
From E-No: “Be free. Don’t be bound by your choosings and wantings. Never mind your sins. Act your desires. Act your Desire. Do not abide in delusion, do not abide in enlightenment. Do not let the mind dwell on goodness or evil. Things and the self are void.”