From Plato: “Understanding is the natural faculty of the soul; it is not a result of teaching but of remembering.”
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Quote of the day 09/12/25
From Kazuo Ishiguro: “What is pertinent is the calmness of beauty, its sense of restraint. It is as though the land knows of its own beauty, its own greatness, and feels no need to shout it.”
Quote of the day 08/05/25
From John Keats: “Heard melodies are sweet, but those unheardAre sweeter; therefore, ye soft pipes, play on.”
Quote of the day 08/04/25
From John Keats: Life is but a day;A fragile dew-drop on its perilous wayFrom a tree’s summit.
Quote of the day 08/01/25
From John Keats: “The poetry of the earth is never dead.”
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 07/18/25
From Basho: “Not knowing the name of the tree,I stood in the floodof its sweet scent.”
Quote of the day 07/16/25
From Basho: “The temple bell stopsBut the sound keeps comingout of the flowers”
Quote of the day 07/15/25
From Basho: “There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.”
Quote of the day 07/14/25
From Basho: “The moon and sun are travelers through eternity. Even the years wander on. Whether drifting through life on a boat or climbing toward old age leading a horse, each day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.”
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