The Way Things Turn
Politics, culture, and other best laid plans.
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Weekend Zen, February 28-29
One can travel the world and see nothing.
To achieve understanding, it is necessary not to see
many things, but to look hard at what you do see.
~ Giorgio Morandi
Friday, February 27, 2015
Daily Zen - Friday, February 27
Develop a mind that is vast like space, where
experiences both pleasant and unpleasant can appear
and disappear without conflict, struggle, or harm.
~ Majjhima Nikaya
Thursday, February 26, 2015
Daily Zen - Thursday, February 26
Let yourself be silently drawn by the
stronger pull of what you really love.
~ Rumi
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 25
Life always offers you a second chance.
It's called tomorrow.
~ Author Unknown
Tuesday, February 24, 2015
Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 24
Learning is not attained by chance; it must
be sought for with ardor and diligence.
~ Abigail Adams
Monday, February 23, 2015
Daily Zen - Monday, February 23
We are so obsessed with doing
that we have no time and no imagination
left for being. As a result, men are valued
not for what they are, but for what they do
or have --- for their usefulness.
~ Thomas Merton
Saturday, February 21, 2015
Weekend Zen, February 21-22
The truth is, most of us discover where
we are headed when we arrive.
~ Bill Watterson
Friday, February 20, 2015
Daily Zen - Friday, February 20
None are so old as those who
have outlived enthusiasm.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Thursday, February 19, 2015
Daily Zen - Thursday, February 19
The art of living is neither careless drifting on the
one hand nor fearful clinging on the other.
It consists in being sensitive to each moment,
in regarding it as utterly new and unique,
in having the mind open and wholly receptive.
~ Alan Watts
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 18
All serious daring starts from within.
~ Eudora Welty
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 17
No act of kindness is too small.
The gift of kindness may start as a small
ripple that over time can turn into a
tidal wave affecting the lives of many.
~ Kevin Heath
Monday, February 16, 2015
Daily Zen - Monday, February 16
Enjoy when you can,
and endure when you must.
~ Goethe
Saturday, February 14, 2015
Weekend Zen, February 14-15
Love consists in this, that two solitudes
protect and touch and greet each other.
- Rainer Maria Rilke
Friday, February 13, 2015
Daily Zen - Friday, February 13
No man is an island, entire of itself;
every man is a piece of the
continent, a part of the main.
~ John Donne
Thursday, February 12, 2015
Daily Zen - Thursday, February 12
Not until we are lost...
do we begin to find ourselves.
~ Henry David Thoreau
Wednesday, February 11, 2015
Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 11
Just try to be a good person.
That's enough.
~ Dalai Lama
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 10
The trouble is...you think you have time.
~ Jack Kornfield
Monday, February 9, 2015
Daily Zen - Monday, February 9
Our life always expresses the
result of our dominant thoughts.
~ Soren Kierkegaard
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Weekend Zen, February 7-8
Now and then it's good to pause in our
pursuit of happiness and just be happy.
~ Guillaume Apollinaire
Friday, February 6, 2015
Daily Zen - Friday, February 6
Hold to the now, the here,
through which all future
plunges to the past.
~ James Joyce
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Daily Zen - Thursday, February 5
The words you speak become the house you live in.
~ Hafiz
Wednesday, February 4, 2015
Daily Zen - Wednesday, February 4
No matter how difficult the past,
you can always begin again today.
~ Jack Kornfield
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Daily Zen - Tuesday, February 3
Take everything you like seriously, except yourself.
~ Rudyard Kipling
Monday, February 2, 2015
Daily Zen - Monday, February 2
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
~ Mark Twain
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