Nature is but a name for an effect whose cause is God.
– Cowper
The master never seemed to have his fill of gazing at his firstborn child.
“What do you want him to be when he grows up?” someone asked.
“Outrageously happy,” said the master.
– Anthony de Mello
Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened, but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm.
– Robert Louis Stevenson
All things change, nothing perishes.
– Ovid
Man’s life… Candle in the wind Frost on the tiles.
– Chinese Proverb
This body is not a home, but an inn; and that only for a short time.
– Seneca
For everything that lives is holy, life delights in life.
– William Blake
The great way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When like and dislike are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest distinction however and heaven and earth are set infinitely apart.
– Seng T’san
Whatever you imagine, God is the opposite of that.
– DHÛ-L-NÛN
