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Towering the void

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Finally out of reach – No bondage, no dependency.
How calm the ocean,
Towering the void.

Tessho

Oneness with the universe

The peace which is the most important is that which comes to the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe.

Black Elk

Consequences

In nature there are neither rewards nor punishments – there are consequences.

Robert Green Ingersoll

Terrible misfortunes

My life has been filled with terrible misfortunes – most of which never happened.

Mark Twain

One word is too much

When you are deluded and full of doubt, even a thousand books of scripture are not enough.
When you have realized understanding, even one word is too much.

Fen-Yang

To be onto something

The search is what anyone would undertake if he were not sunk in the everydayness of his own life. To become aware of the possibility of the search is to be onto something. Not to be onto something is to be in despair.

Walker Percy

The way is not difficult

The way is not difficult;
only there must be no wanting or not wanting.

Chao-Chou

A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments

A hermit is one who renounces the world of fragments that he may enjoy the world wholly and without interruption.

Kahlil Gibran

Don’t be for or against

If you want to realize the truth, don’t be for or against.
The struggle between good and evil is the primal disease of the mind.

Seng Ts’an