From William Wordsworth: One impulse from a vernal woodMay teach you more of man,Of moral evil and of good,Than all the sages can.
Tag Archives: philosophy
Quote of the day 04/20/25
From William Wordsworth: “and we shall findA pleasure in the dimness of the stars.”
Quote of the day 04/19/25
From William Wordsworth: “Poetry is the first and last of all knowledge – it is as immortal as the heart of man.”
Quote of the day 04/18/25
From William Wordsworth: Sweet is the lore which nature brings;Our meddling intellectMisshapes the beauteous forms of things—We murder to dissect.
Quote of the day 04/17/25
From William Wordsworth: “To begin, begin.”
Quote of the day 04/16/25
From William Wordsworth: “With an eye made quiet by the power of harmony, and the deep power of joy, we see into the life of things.”
Quote of the day 04/15/25
From Rikeiho: Desiring to possess the moon, A monk one ladled it out with the water into a vessel, But, reaching the temple with it, found That when he poured the water out, the moon was gone.
Quote of the day 04/14/25
From R.H. Blyth: “Flow like the river, be firm as the rocks, pliant as the willow, eternal as the sky, transitory as the dew-drops, for man is all these, and more.”
Quote of the day 04/13/25
From R.H. Blyth: “The attitude of Zen is, Follow the Self, and all these things, goodness, purity, compassion, will be added unto you. That is, do not attach yourself even to goodness, to ideals, to Zen itself.”
Quote of the day 04/12/15
From R.H. Blyth: “Zen says, as in the Shinjinmei, all forms of dualism, right and wrong, good and bad, gain and loss – get rid of them all, forget them!”
