The only Zen you can find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there. —Robert M. Pirsig More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The ocean is a mighty harmonist. —William Wordsworth More about this quote Tags: nature ocean Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We build statues out of snow, and weep to see them melt. —Walter Scott More about this quote Tags: permanence sadness illusion Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
From its brilliancy everything is illuminated. —Guru Nanak More about this quote Tags: beauty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. —Albert Einstein More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You cannot possibly invent painting all by yourself. —Pierre Bonnard More about this quote Tags: art creativity invention Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. —Samuel Johnson More about this quote Tags: morality conscience men wives Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
When did I realize I was God? Well, I was praying and I suddenly realized I was talking to myself. —Peter O'Toole More about this quote Tags: God humor talking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods. —Plato More about this quote Tags: wonder love gods good joy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To love is so startling it leaves little time for anything else. —Emily Dickinson More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Don't brood. Get on with living and loving. You don't have forever. —Leo Buscaglia More about this quote Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Another plan I have is World Peace through Formal Introductions. The idea is that everyone in the world would be required to meet everyone else in the world, formally, at least once. You'd have to look the person in the eye, shake hands, repeat their name, and try to remember one outstanding physical characteristic. My theory is, if you knew everyone in the world personally, you'd be less inclined to fight them in a war: "Who? The Malaysians? Are you kidding? I know those people! —George Carlin More about this quote Tags: peace violence intimacy familiarity meeting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The violets in the mountains have broken the rocks. —Tennessee Williams More about this quote Tags: power plants rocks Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Tenderness contains an element of sadness. It is not the sadness of feeling sorry for yourself or feeling deprived, but it is a natural situation of fullness. You feel so full and rich, as if you were about to shed tears. Your eyes are full of tears, and the moment you blink, the tears will spill out of your eyes and roll down your cheeks. In order to be a good warrior, one has to feel this sad and tender heart. —Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche More about this quote Tags: sadness tears fullness tenderness deprivation warriorship Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It could be that there's only one word and it's all we need. It's here in this pencil. Every pencil in the world is like this. —W. S. Merwin More about this quote Tags: wonder writing possibility Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email