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I think any spiritual experience that's worthwhile is not about ego and it will humble you in so... DAVID O. RUSSELL
Tsze-kung asked, "What do you think of me?" The Master said, "You are a pot." "What sort of pot?" "A... CONFUCIUS
The Master said, “The gentleman understands what is right, whereas the petty man understands profi... CONFUCIUS When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian...
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I beheld before me an animated Corse. Her countenance was long and haggard; Her cheeks and lips were... MATTHEW LEWIS I had to stop him from arresting an old lady who let her dog urinate against the fire hydrant that w...
LEE GOLDBERG His life seemed like a deck of cards, and in the midst of all those two’s and three’s someone ha...
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The opportunity to decieve others is ever present and often tempting, and each instance of deception... SAM HARRIS There once was this Zen master sitting on a small stone bench, studying his small Japanese rock gard...
YVON CHOUINARD
He asked, "What makes a man a writer?" "Well," I said, "it's simple. You either get it down on paper... CHARLES BUKOWSKI
A young apprentice applied to a master carpenter for a job. The older man asked him, "Do you know yo... FRED ROGERS
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, "Well,... STEPHEN WRIGHT
I think that that's why artists make art - it is difficult to put into words unless you are a po... ALEX GREY Millions saw an apple falling but only Newton asked why; because the apple didn’t fall onto his he...
VIKRANT PARSAI She buys "mixed salad greens" for seven dollars a bag, triple-washed with who knows what. And to get...
RUDOLPH DELSON At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when ...
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The danger of civilization, of course, is that you will piss away your life on nonsense. JIM HARRISON
The Devil was sick - the Devil a monk would be, The Devil was well the devil a monk was he FRANCOIS RABELAIS
A one-eyed man is much more incomplete than a blind man, for he knows what it is that's lacking. VICTOR HUGO
Mother Superior jump the gun...-The Beatles, Happiness is a Warm Gun
LAUREN MYRACLE
When I was crossing the border into Canada, they asked if I had any firearms with me. I said, 'W... STEVEN WRIGHT Before you dive in head first, make sure the water is not shallow.
KATHERINE DIVOLIS
You deserve to be with somebody, who knows you're the one, from that very first moment he lays eyes ... C. JOYBELL C.
You never do things the easy way, do you?" she said."There's an easy way?" I asked.
PATRICK ROTHFUSS In a blind town, the one-eyed man is king.
KEN HARRELSON I asked the man on the phone from the National Endowment for the Arts what this fellowship entailed,...
JOHNNY GIMBLE
Hard to restrain, unstable is this mind; it flits wherever it lists. Good it is to control the mind.... GAUTAMA BUDDHA There is an art of which every man should be a master the art of reflection. If you are not a thinki...
WILLIAM HART COLERIDGE Anthony shot very well for us. We were able to run the floor and hit the open man and he found a way...
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HAKUIN Behind the cool mask of bravado, past the one-way mirror of his mind, underneath the rock-solid laye...
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The fundamental delusion of humanity is to suppose that I am here and you are out there. -Yasutani R... YASUTANI ROSHI
Tsze-Kung asked, “Is there one word with which to act in accordance throughout a lifetime?” The ... CONFUCIUS
As long as that song plays, I get to put my hands on you, and I can’t guarantee I’m going to be ... MEREDITH WILD
Just give me one night, Vanessa. One night, and I won’t let you regret it. MEREDITH WILD Asked to explain Zen my puppy with the same name looks, and thumps his tail
JAY HACKETT We just weren't getting any breaks. Jeff Stoughton said the same thing heading into the (Olympic) Tr...
CHARLEY THOMAS
Every mans dream is to be able to sink into the arms of a woman without also falling into her hand... JERRY LEWIS
A man met a lad weeping. "What do you weep for?" he asked. "I am weeping for my sins," said the lad... ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON Only one koan matters - you
IKKYU SOJUN He goes into the box, and does very well at falling over. Remarkably well
STEVE BRUCE
A man met the Buddha after the Buddha became enlightened. The man was awed by his remarkable radianc... LINDA LEAMING There's something Zen-like about the way I work - it's like raking gravel in a Zen Buddhist ...
CHUCK CLOSE
Well, I'm more lopsided than a one legged badger," mewed Graypaw, breaking off from his carful stalk... ERIN HUNTER No milk. It is black coffee, pure but strong, that fortifies against the powers of darkness with whi...
ROBERT AICKMAN
I thought climbing the Devil's Thumb would fix all that was wrong with my life. In the end, of cours... JON KRAKAUER
What are you doing to me?” he asked the crow, tearful. Teaching you how to fly. “I can’t fly!�... GEORGE R.R. MARTIN
How do you know if something is real? That’s easy. Does it change you? Does it form you? Does it g... C. JOYBELL C.
Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The ... CONFUCIUS
Tsze-Kung asked, "Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life?" The M... CONFUCIUS
I went into a French restaraunt and asked the waiter, 'Have you got frog's legs?' He sai... TOMMY COOPER
A dead heart is a dead life; keep your heart alive; let your heart beat for something unique! ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH
When you find nothing, Morris said, it means you're eliminating what surrounds the something.I...
J.D. ROBB They asked me why we were open, I said it was pressure from the public.
KEITH ALLEN
A true Zen saying: "Nothing is what I want. FRANK ZAPPA
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is King. MICHAEL APOSTOLIUS
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
In the country of the blind the one-eyed man is king. ERASMUS
In the country of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. ERASMUS In the land of the blind the one-eyed man is king.
EFREN RAMIREZ
In the country of the blind the one eyed man is king DESIDERIUS ERASMUS
I'm not an acting monk or anything. I'm not, like, the most well-adjusted actor. ADAM DRIVER
Courage is feeling justly afraid and yet still doing what is right. SHANNON HALE
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with the window shut, and a woman wh... OGDEN NASH
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who ... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW My Zen teacher also said: the only way to true happiness is to live in the moment and not worry abou...
SEX AND THE CITY
And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and f... ANNE RICE I travel back in time, falling back into what I know for certain, the historical data I cling to in ...
SUZANNE FINNAMORE they stopped me. They asked me, 'Where are you going to,' from what I understood. ... They said, 'Op...
AHMED RESSAM
Tsze-Kung asked, saying, 'Is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life... CONFUCIUS
Tsze-Kung asked, saying, is there one word which may serve as a rule of practice for all one's life... CONFUCIUS
Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who cannot sleep with window shut, and a woman who can... OGDEN NASH Ques eso? Queso?
NOLAN J. VANDER HAAGEN When Thorpe pulled out and he (Monk) went into those two (races), he was thrust into the limelight a...
ALAN THOMPSON
What a man is is an arrow into the future, and what a woman is is the place the arrow shoots off fro... SYLVIA PLATH Master Li, how are we going to murder a man who laughs at axes?" I asked.
We are going to...
BARRY HUGHART
Zen is magic. It gives you the key to open the miraculous. And the miraculous is in you and the key ... OSHO
Master Michelangelo once said that ‘I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.... MEHMET MURAT ILDAN
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages. DESIDERIUS ERASMUS The Pacific Mozart Chorale in Berkeley asked four different composers (the other three are John Adam...
DAVE BRUBECK
Dad?" Jesus said."Yes son. What is it?" God replied.
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ANTHONY T. HINCKS A word missing from the dictionary: Suffercating: When the heart, spirit, mind are in great sadness ...
ZEN GRAND MASTER ZEN The simplest thing are the things a that appeal most to the heart. A simple hug, kiss and smile from...
ZEN GRAND MASTER ZEN The lack of an open mind, is a fault in many man.
ENRIQUE VEGA
No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don’t you think? The young are eternally desperate,” ... ANNE RICE
Have an open mind - allow different ideas into your way of thinking. PETER DIAMANDIS Too lazy to be ambitious,
I let the world take care of itself.
Ten days' worth of rice in ...
RYōKAN A strong personal philosophy does more than sustain us through the tragedies of life. It also stains...
CHRIS PRENTISS The answers are never "out there." All the answers are "in there," inside you, waiting to be discove...
CHRIS PRENTISS My dad called me this weekend and asked if he should open an online (brokerage) account. I said, 'Da...
JAMES PUNISHILL
A man who is a master of patience is master of everything else. GEORGE SAVILE
Hide your body in the Big Dipper 
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. 
Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes and the grass grows by itself. 