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.
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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.”
Quote of the day 04/29/25
From the Shinjinmei: “The Way is not difficult; only there must be no wanting or not wanting.”
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!”
Quote of the day 04/04/25
From William Wordsworth: “Let nature be your teacher.”
Quote of the day 04/03/25
From R.H. Blyth: “We are to ask fervently, to seek passionately, to knock madly – but it must be for nothing. When our self is all asked, sought, knocked away, everything is given, found, opened.”
Quote of the day 03/26/25
From William Shakespeare: “All places that the eye of heaven visits, are to a wise man ports and happy havens.”
Quote of the day 03/23/25
From R.H. Blyth: “…we have, not, ‘Though it changes, it is the same,’ which is intellectually understandable, but, ‘The more it changes, the more it is the same.’ This touch of life, of genius, of inspiration, of Zen, of something beyond logic and rationality, gives us a strange feeling of freedom and power.”
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