The world
We can always choose
We cannot choose our external circumstances, but we can always choose how we respond to them. – Epictetus
A true learner of the Way
If one is a true learner of the Way, one does not search for the faults of the world, but rather speedily applies oneself to attain genuine insight. If one only can see with perfect clarity, then all is completed. – Rinzai
Keep the balance true
And do not change. Do not divert your love from visible things. But go on loving what is good, simple and ordinary; animals and things and flowers, and keep the balance true. – Rilke
The original seed of all existences
I am the taste in the water, the light of the sun and the moon, the sound in the ether, the ability in man, the fragrance of the earth, the heat in the fire, the life of all that lives, the strength of the strong, the intelligence of the intelligent, and the original seed of…
One with this world
Sacred One, Teach us love, compassion and honor That we may heal the earth and heal each other. My words are tied in one with the great mountains, with the great rocks, with the great trees. In one with my body and my heart. Do you all help me with supernatural power? And you day, and…
There is nothing
Things are entirely what they appear to be and behind them… there is nothing. – Sartre