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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.”

From William Wordsworth: “The best portion of a good man’s life: his little, nameless unremembered acts of kindness and love.”

From Basho: “Ah, hanging bridge! Ivy-ropes Entwine existence!”

From Wordsworth: “To her fair works did Nature link The human soul that through me ran,”

From Emily Dickinson: “Forever is composed of nows.”

From R.H. Blyth: “To the pure, all things are pure. To the divine, all things are divine.”

From Sodu: In my hut this spring There is nothing- There is everything.

From Rumi: “Be melting snow.Wash yourself of yourself.”

From Rumi: “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”

From Rumi: “Don’t be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.”