Quotes for All
The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and lie still, And she the rejoicer of the heart is beneath them: A wet leaf that clings to the threshold. Ezra Pound
Is childhood ever long enough, or a happy time, or even a beautiful summer day? All of these carry the seeds of the same fierce mystery that we call death. Eugene Kennedy
I am spending delightful afternoons in my garden, watching everything living around me. As I grow older, I feel everything departing, and I love everything with more passion. Emile Zola
The hardest thing for me is the sense of impermanence. All passes; nothing returns. Ellen Glasgow
I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever. Edward Abbey
The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always \”Is that so?\” shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance to events, that is to say, being at one with what happens. The story of the man whose comment was invariably a laconic \”Maybe\” illustrates the wisdom of nonjudgment, and the story of … Read more
Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. Eckhart Tolle
EPITAPH Now I’m not the brightest knife in the drawer, but I know a couple things about this life: poverty silence, impermanence discipline and mystery The world is not illusory, we are From crimson thread to toe tag If you are not disturbed there is something seriously wrong with you, I’m sorry And I know … Read more
In the garden I will die. In the rosebush they will kill me. Federico Garcia Lorca
The ‘looking forward’ so prevalent in the late 1990s was bound to end once the new millennium began. Like some others of that era, I predicted a new focus on the moment, on real experience, and on what things are actually worth right now. Then 9/11 magnified this sensibility, forcing America as a nation to … Read more