From Basho: “Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise; seek what they sought.”
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Quote of the day 07/09/25
From Jitsu-go-kiyo: “If thou be born in the poor man’s hovel, yet have wisdom, then wilt thou be like the lotus-flower growing out of the mire.”
Quote of the day 07/08/25
From Alan Watts: “We seldom realize, for example that our most private thoughts and emotions are not actually our own. For we think in terms of languages and images which we did not invent, but which were given to us by our society.”
Quote of the day 07/07/25
From the Mahavagga: “What is it to you … whether another is guilty or guiltless? Come, friend, atone for your own offense.”
Quote of the day 07/06/25
From the Salla Sutta: “This world is afflicted with death and decay; therefore the wise do not grieve, knowing the terms of the world.”
Quote of the day 07/05/25
From the Ta-chwang-yan-king-lun: “When first I undertook to obtain wisdom, then also I took on me to defend (the weak). All living things of whatsoever sort call forth my compassion and pity.”
Quote of the day 07/03/25
From the Jatakamala: “The virtuous retain in their mind the good done to them, whereas the evil they experience drops from their mind, like water from a lotus-petal.”
Quote of the day 07/01/25
From the Udanavarga: “The fool who is angered, and thinks to triumph by the use of abusive language, is always vanquished by him whose words are patient.”
Quote of the day 06/29/25
From the Dhammapada: “The fool who knows his foolishness is wise at any rate so far. But the fool who thinks himself wise, he is a fool indeed.”
Quote of the day 06/28/25
From Jataka: “Now, therefore, it behooves me to examine into my faults; and if I find anything wrong in me, to put it away, and practice virtue only.”
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