From Cormac McCarthy: “Things separate from their stories have no meaning. They are only shapes. Of a certain size and color. A certain weight. When their meaning has become lost to us they no longer have even a name. The story on the other hand can never be lost from its place in the worldContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/25/24”
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Quote of the day 06/23/24
From Zhuangzi: “Words have value; what is of value in words is meaning. Meaning has something it is pursuing, but the thing that it is pursuing cannot be put into words and handed down.”
Quote of the day 06/22/24
From Zhuangzi: “The Consummate Person uses his mind like a mirror, rejecting nothing, welcoming nothing: responding but not storing. Thus he can handle all things without harm.”
Quote of the day 06/21/24
From Zhuangzi: “When a man does not dwell in self, then things will of themselves reveal their forms to him. His movement is like that of water, his stillness like that of a mirror, his responses like those of an echo.”
Quote of the day 06/19/24
From Zhuangzi: “He who has mastered the true nature of life does not labor over what life cannot do. He who has mastered the true nature of fate does not labor over what knowledge cannot change.”
Quote of the day 06/17/24
From Zhuangzi: “Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.”
Quote of the day 06/15/25
From Zhuangzi: “When the heart is right, “for” and “against” are forgotten.”
Quote of the day 06/14/24
From Zhuangzi: “A path is made by walking on it.”
Quote of the day 06/09/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “The truth is already in you. You only need to open yourself — body, mind, and heart — so that his or her teachings will penetrate your own seeds of understanding and enlightenment. If you let the words enter you, the soil and the seeds will do the rest of theContinue reading “Quote of the day 06/09/24”
Quote of the day 06/07/24
From Thich Nhat Hanh: “Understanding is the very foundation of love. When you understand someone, you cannot help but love him or her.”
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