Hold God's hand on the road of life.
-St. Peter Julian Eymard
***
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
-Mahatma Gandhi
***
He who can work in the realm of the real and live in that of the ideal, has attained the highest.
- Ludwig Boerne, German-Jewish political writer and satirist
***
But when, having gone
to the Buddha, Dhamma,
& Sangha for refuge,
you see with right discernment
the four noble truths--
stress,
the cause of stress,
the transcending of stress,
& the noble eightfold path,
the way to the stilling of stress:
that's the secure refuge,
that, the supreme refuge,
having gone to which,
you gain release
from all suffering & stress.
-Dhammapada, 13, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
Quote
Catch on fire with enthusiasm and people will come for miles to watch you burn.
-Charles Wesley
***
The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
-Helen Keller
***
If you desire destruction, simply ignore the rules
and provoke those who, if they desire, can destroy you.
For the powerless to wreak harm upon the powerful
is to summon Death with a gesturing hand.
-Tirukkural 90: 893-894
***
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.
- Albert Einstein
***
And those who have no mental vigilance,
Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
Their learning will not settle in their memories.
-Sântideva, "Bodhicaryâvatâra"
***
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
-Maori proverb
-Charles Wesley
***
The world is not moved only by the mighty shoves of the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny pushes of each honest worker.
-Helen Keller
***
If you desire destruction, simply ignore the rules
and provoke those who, if they desire, can destroy you.
For the powerless to wreak harm upon the powerful
is to summon Death with a gesturing hand.
-Tirukkural 90: 893-894
***
All that is valuable in human society depends upon the opportunity for development accorded to the individual.
- Albert Einstein
***
And those who have no mental vigilance,
Though they may hear the teachings, ponder them or meditate,
With minds like water seeping from a leaking jug,
Their learning will not settle in their memories.
-Sântideva, "Bodhicaryâvatâra"
***
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
-Maori proverb
Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys.
-Madeleine L'Engle
***
Nothing makes you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
-Zora Neale Hurston
***
All minds are created by ego--the separative sense of "I."
All these expressions of individuality, however highly developed, are the impulses of the force of evolution.
And of these, only the mind born of meditation is free from the latent impressions that generated desire.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 4:4-6
***
Beware of a pious fool, and of a wise sinner.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
***
As a single slab of rock
Won't budge in the wind,
So the wise are not moved
By praise,
By blame.
Like a deep lake,
Clear, unruffled, & calm;
So the wise become clear,
Calm,
On hearing words of the Dhamma.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
By love God may be gotten and held, but by thought or understanding, never.
-The Cloud of Unknowing
***
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
-Matt Groening
-Madeleine L'Engle
***
Nothing makes you like other human beings so much as doing things for them.
-Zora Neale Hurston
***
All minds are created by ego--the separative sense of "I."
All these expressions of individuality, however highly developed, are the impulses of the force of evolution.
And of these, only the mind born of meditation is free from the latent impressions that generated desire.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 4:4-6
***
Beware of a pious fool, and of a wise sinner.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
***
As a single slab of rock
Won't budge in the wind,
So the wise are not moved
By praise,
By blame.
Like a deep lake,
Clear, unruffled, & calm;
So the wise become clear,
Calm,
On hearing words of the Dhamma.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
By love God may be gotten and held, but by thought or understanding, never.
-The Cloud of Unknowing
***
Families are about love overcoming emotional torture.
-Matt Groening
Arjuna: O Krishna, you have said that knowledge is greater than action; why then do you ask me to wage this terrible war? Your advice seems inconsistent. Give me one path to follow to the supreme god.
Sri Krishna: At the beginning of time I declared two paths for the pure heart; jnana yoga, the contemplative path of spiritual wisdom, and karma yoga, the active path of selfless service.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:1-3
***
God is glorified by a good deed the wicked happens to do.
- Zohar, Exodus 11a
***
Arrived at the finished,
unfrightened, unblemished, free
of craving, he has cut away
the arrows of becoming.
This physical heap is his last.
Free from craving,
ungrasping,
astute in expression,
knowing the combination of sounds---
which comes first & which after.
He’s called a
last-body
greatly discerning
great man.
-Dhammapada, 351-352, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness…Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: 'You are accepted.'
-Paul Tillich
***
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
-Anonymous
***
A life of seclusion, devoted only to meditation and prayer, is not Judaism.
- Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century rabbi, "Nineteen Letters
***
Sri Krishna: At the beginning of time I declared two paths for the pure heart; jnana yoga, the contemplative path of spiritual wisdom, and karma yoga, the active path of selfless service.
-Bhagavad Gita 3:1-3
***
God is glorified by a good deed the wicked happens to do.
- Zohar, Exodus 11a
***
Arrived at the finished,
unfrightened, unblemished, free
of craving, he has cut away
the arrows of becoming.
This physical heap is his last.
Free from craving,
ungrasping,
astute in expression,
knowing the combination of sounds---
which comes first & which after.
He’s called a
last-body
greatly discerning
great man.
-Dhammapada, 351-352, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Grace strikes us when we are in great pain and restlessness…Sometimes at that moment a wave of light breaks into our darkness, and it is as though a voice were saying: 'You are accepted.'
-Paul Tillich
***
Blessed are the flexible, for they shall not be bent out of shape.
-Anonymous
***
A life of seclusion, devoted only to meditation and prayer, is not Judaism.
- Samson Raphael Hirsch, 19th century rabbi, "Nineteen Letters
***
You can give without loving, but you cannot love without giving.
-Amy Carmichael
***
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
-Plutarch
***
God will pardon: that's His business.
- Heinrich Heine, on his death-bed, 1856
***
It is not hard for the Lord to turn night into day. He that sends the clouds can as easily clear the skies. Let us be of good cheer.
-Charles Spurgeon
***
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
-G.K. Chesterton
-Amy Carmichael
***
To find a fault is easy; to do better may be difficult.
-Plutarch
***
God will pardon: that's His business.
- Heinrich Heine, on his death-bed, 1856
***
It is not hard for the Lord to turn night into day. He that sends the clouds can as easily clear the skies. Let us be of good cheer.
-Charles Spurgeon
***
The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost.
-G.K. Chesterton
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us.
-St. Augustine
***
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed.
-Bernard M. Baruch
Big Wisdom (Little Book), W
***
All sorrow comes from fear.
From nothing else.
When you know this,
You become free of it,
And desire melts away.
You become happy
And still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:5
***
Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst.
- Theodor Herzl, diary
***
Like a frontier fortress,
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.
-Dhammapada, 22, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
-St. Augustine
***
One of the secrets of a long and fruitful life is to forgive everybody, everything, every night before you go to bed.
-Bernard M. Baruch
Big Wisdom (Little Book), W
***
All sorrow comes from fear.
From nothing else.
When you know this,
You become free of it,
And desire melts away.
You become happy
And still.
-Ashtavakra Gita 11:5
***
Build your home in such a way that a stranger may feel happy in your midst.
- Theodor Herzl, diary
***
Like a frontier fortress,
guarded inside & out,
guard yourself.
Don't let the moment pass by.
Those for whom the moment is past
grieve, consigned to hell.
-Dhammapada, 22, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
I do not at all understand the mystery of grace--only that it meets us where we are but does not leave us where it found us.
-Anne Lamott
***
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
-Janis Joplin
***
Although the limitations of the world disappear for one who knows the Self, they are not destroyed, because they continue to exist for others.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:22
***
Criticism has few terrors for a man with a great purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli, "Life of Lord George Bentinck"
***
Afflictions have reasons based on mind; when mindless, where can afflictions abide? If you do not bother to discriminate and grasp appearances, you will attain the way naturally in an instant. While dreaming, you act in dreams; when you awaken, dreamland doesn’t exist. If you think back to waking and dreaming, they are not different from deluded dualism.
-Pao-chih
-Anne Lamott
***
Don't compromise yourself. You are all you've got.
-Janis Joplin
***
Although the limitations of the world disappear for one who knows the Self, they are not destroyed, because they continue to exist for others.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:22
***
Criticism has few terrors for a man with a great purpose.
- Benjamin Disraeli, "Life of Lord George Bentinck"
***
Afflictions have reasons based on mind; when mindless, where can afflictions abide? If you do not bother to discriminate and grasp appearances, you will attain the way naturally in an instant. While dreaming, you act in dreams; when you awaken, dreamland doesn’t exist. If you think back to waking and dreaming, they are not different from deluded dualism.
-Pao-chih
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
-St. Francis de Sales
***
A real friend never gets in your way--unless you happen to be on the way down.
-Dr. Wayne Dyer
***
Arjuna: You are Vayu, god of wind; Yama, god of death; Agni, god of fire; Varuna, god of water. You are the moon and the creator Prajapati, and the great-grandfather of all creatures. I bow before you and salute you again and again.
You are behind me and in front of me; I bow to you on every side. Your power is immeasurable. You pervade everything; you are everything.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:39-40
***
O You who seek God, know this:
We are the mirrors of God, the absolute Truth.
Come into this tavern of ruin, O clever one;
drink of this cup and see our purity.
-Nur Ali Shah, “Masters of the Path”
***
Actions motivated by attachment, aversion, or ignorance, regardless of any external appearances, are simply not Buddhist practices.
-Lorne Ladner, "Wheel Of Great Compassion"
***
Each penitent thought is a voice of God.
- Baal Shem Tov
-St. Francis de Sales
***
A real friend never gets in your way--unless you happen to be on the way down.
-Dr. Wayne Dyer
***
Arjuna: You are Vayu, god of wind; Yama, god of death; Agni, god of fire; Varuna, god of water. You are the moon and the creator Prajapati, and the great-grandfather of all creatures. I bow before you and salute you again and again.
You are behind me and in front of me; I bow to you on every side. Your power is immeasurable. You pervade everything; you are everything.
-Bhagavad Gita 11:39-40
***
O You who seek God, know this:
We are the mirrors of God, the absolute Truth.
Come into this tavern of ruin, O clever one;
drink of this cup and see our purity.
-Nur Ali Shah, “Masters of the Path”
***
Actions motivated by attachment, aversion, or ignorance, regardless of any external appearances, are simply not Buddhist practices.
-Lorne Ladner, "Wheel Of Great Compassion"
***
Each penitent thought is a voice of God.
- Baal Shem Tov
Turn yourself around like a piece of clay and say to the Lord: I am clay, and you Lord, the potter. Make of me what you will.
-St. John of Avila
***
If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten.
-Anonymous
***
He is the source of all powers of life.
He is the lord of all, the great seer
Who dwells forever in the cosmic womb.
May he purify our consciousness!
O Lord, in whom alone we can find peace,
May we see your divine Self and be freed
From all impure thoughts and all fear.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Allah shall certainly reward those who believe in their Lord and all His messengers and do not make any distinction between them. Allah is the Most Compassionate, the Merciful.
-Qur'an, An-Nisa, Surah 4:152
***
Gloom obstructs our comprehension of the divine mysteries.
- Moses Hasid, Iggeret HaMusar
***
Loosened & oiled
Are the joys of a person.
People, bound by enticement,
looking for ease:
to birth & aging they go.
-Dhammapada, 341, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
-St. John of Avila
***
If you keep doing what you've always done, you'll keep getting what you've always gotten.
-Anonymous
***
He is the source of all powers of life.
He is the lord of all, the great seer
Who dwells forever in the cosmic womb.
May he purify our consciousness!
O Lord, in whom alone we can find peace,
May we see your divine Self and be freed
From all impure thoughts and all fear.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Allah shall certainly reward those who believe in their Lord and all His messengers and do not make any distinction between them. Allah is the Most Compassionate, the Merciful.
-Qur'an, An-Nisa, Surah 4:152
***
Gloom obstructs our comprehension of the divine mysteries.
- Moses Hasid, Iggeret HaMusar
***
Loosened & oiled
Are the joys of a person.
People, bound by enticement,
looking for ease:
to birth & aging they go.
-Dhammapada, 341, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
The wisdom of this world brings doubt. The wisdom of religion soars above the skies. Reflection on Truth opens the way to the kingdom. Treasures and armies do not make a king. A true king is a king within himself.
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
-Edmund Burke
***
Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the gathering of a
theater crowd.
Its dispersal is sudden, like that same crowd departing.
Wealth's nature is to be unenduring.
Upon acquiring it, do that which is enduring right away.
-Tirukkural 34: 332-333
***
I always give much away, and so gather happiness instead of pleasure.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, letter to Ludwig Robert, 1827
***
All…phenomena are intrinsically void and yet this Mind with which they are identical is no mere nothingness.
-Huang Po, “Zen Teaching of Huang Po”
***
-Rumi, "Mathnawi"
***
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
-Edmund Burke
***
Amassing great wealth is gradual, like the gathering of a
theater crowd.
Its dispersal is sudden, like that same crowd departing.
Wealth's nature is to be unenduring.
Upon acquiring it, do that which is enduring right away.
-Tirukkural 34: 332-333
***
I always give much away, and so gather happiness instead of pleasure.
- Rahel Levin Varnhagen, letter to Ludwig Robert, 1827
***
All…phenomena are intrinsically void and yet this Mind with which they are identical is no mere nothingness.
-Huang Po, “Zen Teaching of Huang Po”
***
Following Christ has nothing to do with success as the world sees success. It has to do with love.
-Madeleine L'Engle, "Walking on Water"
***
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
-George Washington
***
I honor the God and the Goddess,
The eternal parents of the universe.
The Lover, out of boundless love,
takes the form of the Beloved.
What Beauty!
Both are made of the same nectar
and share the same food.
-Jnaneshwar (also known as Jnanadeva)
***
Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.
-The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
***
-Madeleine L'Engle, "Walking on Water"
***
Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.
-George Washington
***
I honor the God and the Goddess,
The eternal parents of the universe.
The Lover, out of boundless love,
takes the form of the Beloved.
What Beauty!
Both are made of the same nectar
and share the same food.
-Jnaneshwar (also known as Jnanadeva)
***
Reviling a Muslim is disobedience to God, and fighting with him is infidelity.
-The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
***
Ruthless trust ultimately comes down to this: faith in the person of Jesus and hope in his promise.
-Brennan Manning, “Ruthless Trust”
***
have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
-Arthur Rubenstein
***
Desire and aversion are of the mind.
The mind is never yours.
You are free of its turmoil.
You are awareness itself,
Never changing.
Wherever you go,
Be happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:5
***
Not to do any evil,
To cultivate good,
To purify one's mind--
This is the advice of the Buddhas.
-Dhammapada, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
-Brennan Manning, “Ruthless Trust”
***
have found that if you love life, life will love you back.
-Arthur Rubenstein
***
Desire and aversion are of the mind.
The mind is never yours.
You are free of its turmoil.
You are awareness itself,
Never changing.
Wherever you go,
Be happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 15:5
***
Not to do any evil,
To cultivate good,
To purify one's mind--
This is the advice of the Buddhas.
-Dhammapada, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discontent; feast on thankfulness. Fast from worry; feast on trust. Fast from anger; feast on patience.
-Anonymous
***
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
-Vince Lombardi
***
Arjuna: O Krishna, you have recommended both the path of selfless action and sannyasa, the path of renunciation of action. Tell me definitely which is better.
Sri Krishna: Both renunciation of action and the selfless performance of action lead to the supreme goal. But the path of action is better than renunciation.
Those who have attained perfect renunciation are free from any sense of duality; they are unaffected by likes and dislikes, Arjuna, and are free from the bondage of self-will.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:1-3
***
God will one day reestablish the world and strengthen the spirit of men so that they may prolong their days for ever.
- Zohar, Genesis 38b
Reprinted with permission from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
***
Allah accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
-Qur'an, An-Nisa, Surah 4:17
***
A man born in the world, by proper thought comes to delight in goodness, he recognizes the impermanence of wealth and beauty; and looks upon religion as his best ornament.
-Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King
-Anonymous
***
If you can't accept losing, you can't win.
-Vince Lombardi
***
Arjuna: O Krishna, you have recommended both the path of selfless action and sannyasa, the path of renunciation of action. Tell me definitely which is better.
Sri Krishna: Both renunciation of action and the selfless performance of action lead to the supreme goal. But the path of action is better than renunciation.
Those who have attained perfect renunciation are free from any sense of duality; they are unaffected by likes and dislikes, Arjuna, and are free from the bondage of self-will.
-Bhagavad Gita 5:1-3
***
God will one day reestablish the world and strengthen the spirit of men so that they may prolong their days for ever.
- Zohar, Genesis 38b
Reprinted with permission from 'A Treasury of Jewish Quotations,' edited by Joseph L. Baron, Jason Aronson Inc.
***
Allah accepts the repentance of those who do evil in ignorance and repent soon afterwards; to them will Allah turn in mercy: For Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.
-Qur'an, An-Nisa, Surah 4:17
***
A man born in the world, by proper thought comes to delight in goodness, he recognizes the impermanence of wealth and beauty; and looks upon religion as his best ornament.
-Fo-Sho-Hing-Tsan-King
Give Us, O Lord, a Steadfast Heart
Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Thomas Aquinas
Give us, O Lord, a steadfast heart, which no unworthy affection may drag downwards; give us an unconquered heart, which no tribulation can wear out; give us an upright heart, which no unworthy purpose may tempt aside. Bestow upon us also, O Lord our God, understanding to know you, diligence to seek you, wisdom to find you, and a faithfulness that may finally embrace you; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Thomas Aquinas
The worst sin towards our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them; that's the essence of inhumanity.
-George Bernard Shaw
***
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life.
-Adele Brookman
***
Even if you have nothing,
It is hard to find that contentment
Which comes from renunciation.
I accept nothing.
I reject nothing.
And I am happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 13:1
***
A layman who has chosen to practice this Dhamma should not indulge in the drinking of intoxicants. He should not drink them nor encourage others to do so, realizing that it leads to madness. Through intoxication foolish people perform evil deeds and cause other heedless people to do likewise. He should avoid intoxication, this occasion for demerit, which stupefies the mind, and is the pleasure of foolish people.
-Sutta Nipata
***
-George Bernard Shaw
***
Use your imagination not to scare yourself to death but to inspire yourself to life.
-Adele Brookman
***
Even if you have nothing,
It is hard to find that contentment
Which comes from renunciation.
I accept nothing.
I reject nothing.
And I am happy.
-Ashtavakra Gita 13:1
***
A layman who has chosen to practice this Dhamma should not indulge in the drinking of intoxicants. He should not drink them nor encourage others to do so, realizing that it leads to madness. Through intoxication foolish people perform evil deeds and cause other heedless people to do likewise. He should avoid intoxication, this occasion for demerit, which stupefies the mind, and is the pleasure of foolish people.
-Sutta Nipata
***
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
-Rainer Maria Rilke
***
The giant oak is an acorn that held its ground.
-Anonymous
***
Hear, O children of immortal bliss,
You are born to be united with the Lord.
Follow the path of the illumined ones
And be united with the Lord of Life.
Kindle the fire of kundalini deep
In meditation. Bring your mind and breath
Under control. Drink deep of divine love,
And you will attain the unitive state.
Dedicate yourself to the Lord of Life,
Who is the cause of the cosmos. He will
Remove the cause of all your suffering
And free you from the bondage of karma.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
I never saw anyone as just as the world. As long as you pursue the world it will pursue you, but when you turn away from it and seek God, it will leave you alone and its glamour shall no longer fascinate you.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
From "The Bounty of Allah," translated
***
Man is a little world and the world is a large man.
- Philo, "Who Is the Heir of Divine Things
***
A man approached the Blessed One and wanted to have all his philosophical questions answered before he would practice.
In response, the Buddha said, “It is as if a man had been wounded by a poisoned arrow and when attended to by a physician were to say, ‘I will not allow you to remove this arrow until I have learned the caste, the age, the occupation, the birthplace, and the motivation of the person who wounded me.’ That man would die before having learned all this. In exactly the same way, anyone who should say, ‘I will not follow the teaching of the Blessed One until the Blessed One has explained all the multiform truths of the world’-that person would die before the Buddha had explained all this.”
-from the Majjhima Nikaya
-Rainer Maria Rilke
***
The giant oak is an acorn that held its ground.
-Anonymous
***
Hear, O children of immortal bliss,
You are born to be united with the Lord.
Follow the path of the illumined ones
And be united with the Lord of Life.
Kindle the fire of kundalini deep
In meditation. Bring your mind and breath
Under control. Drink deep of divine love,
And you will attain the unitive state.
Dedicate yourself to the Lord of Life,
Who is the cause of the cosmos. He will
Remove the cause of all your suffering
And free you from the bondage of karma.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
I never saw anyone as just as the world. As long as you pursue the world it will pursue you, but when you turn away from it and seek God, it will leave you alone and its glamour shall no longer fascinate you.
-Al-Hujwiri, "The Kashf al-Mahjub"
From "The Bounty of Allah," translated
***
Man is a little world and the world is a large man.
- Philo, "Who Is the Heir of Divine Things
***
A man approached the Blessed One and wanted to have all his philosophical questions answered before he would practice.
In response, the Buddha said, “It is as if a man had been wounded by a poisoned arrow and when attended to by a physician were to say, ‘I will not allow you to remove this arrow until I have learned the caste, the age, the occupation, the birthplace, and the motivation of the person who wounded me.’ That man would die before having learned all this. In exactly the same way, anyone who should say, ‘I will not follow the teaching of the Blessed One until the Blessed One has explained all the multiform truths of the world’-that person would die before the Buddha had explained all this.”
-from the Majjhima Nikaya
We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything with nothing.
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta
****
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
-Proverbs 15:15
***
High Truth, unyielding Order, Consecration,
Ardor and Prayer and Holy Ritual
uphold the Earth; may she, the ruling Mistress
of what has been and what will come to be,
for us spread wide a limitless domain.
-Rig Veda
***
No limit to trials, but the wise learns thereby.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
***
Do not choose bad friends.
Do not choose persons of low habits.
Select good friends. Be discriminating.
Choose the best.
-Dhammapada 78
***
-Mother Teresa of Calcutta
****
He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
-Proverbs 15:15
***
High Truth, unyielding Order, Consecration,
Ardor and Prayer and Holy Ritual
uphold the Earth; may she, the ruling Mistress
of what has been and what will come to be,
for us spread wide a limitless domain.
-Rig Veda
***
No limit to trials, but the wise learns thereby.
- Ibn Gabirol, "Mibhar HaPeninim"
***
Do not choose bad friends.
Do not choose persons of low habits.
Select good friends. Be discriminating.
Choose the best.
-Dhammapada 78
***
Prayer is an effort of will.
-Oswald Chambers
***
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
-Booker T. Washington
***
Om Sarve Bhavanthu Sukhina
Sarve Santhu Nira Maya
Sarve Bhadrani Pashyanthu
Ma Kashchith Dukkha Bhaag Bhaveth
[Oh Lord, may all of mankind be safe,
Let no one experience pain or suffering.]
-Hindu mantra
***
A monk asked, 'What is Shouchu's sword?'
Shouchu said, 'Why?'
The monk said, 'This student wants to know.'
Shouchu said, 'Wrong!'
-Zen’s Chinese Heritage
-Oswald Chambers
***
I shall allow no man to belittle my soul by making me hate him.
-Booker T. Washington
***
Om Sarve Bhavanthu Sukhina
Sarve Santhu Nira Maya
Sarve Bhadrani Pashyanthu
Ma Kashchith Dukkha Bhaag Bhaveth
[Oh Lord, may all of mankind be safe,
Let no one experience pain or suffering.]
-Hindu mantra
***
A monk asked, 'What is Shouchu's sword?'
Shouchu said, 'Why?'
The monk said, 'This student wants to know.'
Shouchu said, 'Wrong!'
-Zen’s Chinese Heritage
We are living in a world that is absolutely transparent, and God is shining through it all the time.
-Thomas Merton
***
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-Abigail Van Buren
***
Power buries those who wield it.
- Talmud: Yoma
***
As a Buddhist monk my concern extends to all members of the human family and, indeed, to all sentient beings who suffer. I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, December 1989
-Thomas Merton
***
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-Abigail Van Buren
***
Power buries those who wield it.
- Talmud: Yoma
***
As a Buddhist monk my concern extends to all members of the human family and, indeed, to all sentient beings who suffer. I believe all suffering is caused by ignorance. People inflict pain on others in the selfish pursuit of their own happiness or satisfaction.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama, Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech, Oslo, December 1989
Returning violence for violence multiplies violence, adding deeper darkness to a night already devoid of stars.
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-Abigail Van Buren
***
Mother of the Universe,
I have no desire to exercise power.
I would not even care to be an emperor.
Sweet Mother, please grant me
two simple meals each day
and wealth enough to thatch the palm roof
of my clean earthen house,
where I offer dreaming and waking
as red flowers at your feet
-Ramprasad
***
The beginning of all participation in good things is hope.
- Philo, "Abraham"
***
As a blind man feels when he finds a pearl in a dustbin, so am I amazed by the miracles of awakening rising in my consciousness. It is the nectar of immortality that delivers us from death, the treasure that lifts us from death, the treasure that lifts us above poverty into the wealth of giving to life, the tree that gives shade to us when we roam about scorched by life, the bridge that takes us across the stormy river of life, the cool moon of compassion that calms our mind when it is agitated, the fun that dispels darkness, the butter made from the milk of kindness by churning it with the dharma. It is a feast of joy to which all are invited.
-adapted from the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
***
-Martin Luther King, Jr.
***
People who fight fire with fire usually end up with ashes.
-Abigail Van Buren
***
Mother of the Universe,
I have no desire to exercise power.
I would not even care to be an emperor.
Sweet Mother, please grant me
two simple meals each day
and wealth enough to thatch the palm roof
of my clean earthen house,
where I offer dreaming and waking
as red flowers at your feet
-Ramprasad
***
The beginning of all participation in good things is hope.
- Philo, "Abraham"
***
As a blind man feels when he finds a pearl in a dustbin, so am I amazed by the miracles of awakening rising in my consciousness. It is the nectar of immortality that delivers us from death, the treasure that lifts us from death, the treasure that lifts us above poverty into the wealth of giving to life, the tree that gives shade to us when we roam about scorched by life, the bridge that takes us across the stormy river of life, the cool moon of compassion that calms our mind when it is agitated, the fun that dispels darkness, the butter made from the milk of kindness by churning it with the dharma. It is a feast of joy to which all are invited.
-adapted from the Bodhicharyavatara by Shantideva
***
I am not detachment nor salvation,
Nor anything reached by the senses;
I am behold all thought and form.
I am everywhere, and nowhere at all-
I am Consciousness and Bliss.
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
-Shankaracharya
***
The Almighty Allah says,
"When a servant thinks of Me, I am near.
When he invokes Me, I am with him.
If he reflects on Me in secret, I reply in secret,
And if he acknowledges Me in an assembly,
I acknowledge him in a far superior assembly."
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
***
Do not try to identify the Tree of Knowledge. Heaven forfend that we cast suspicion on any tree!
- Joshua b. Levi, Talmud: Yoma
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others. Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayers . Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
-Anonymous
***
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.
-Albert Schweitzer
Nor anything reached by the senses;
I am behold all thought and form.
I am everywhere, and nowhere at all-
I am Consciousness and Bliss.
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
-Shankaracharya
***
The Almighty Allah says,
"When a servant thinks of Me, I am near.
When he invokes Me, I am with him.
If he reflects on Me in secret, I reply in secret,
And if he acknowledges Me in an assembly,
I acknowledge him in a far superior assembly."
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
***
Do not try to identify the Tree of Knowledge. Heaven forfend that we cast suspicion on any tree!
- Joshua b. Levi, Talmud: Yoma
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from self-concern; feast on compassion for others. Fast from unrelenting pressures; feast on unceasing prayers . Fast from bitterness; feast on forgiveness.
-Anonymous
***
Sometimes our light goes out but is blown into flame by an encounter with another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have rekindled this inner light.
-Albert Schweitzer
He who remembers his Lord and he who does not are like the living and dead.
-The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
***
I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my troubles.
- Kaminer, Baraitot de Rabbi Yitzhak
Reprinted with
***
Even royal chariots
well-embellished
get run down,
and so does the body
succumb to old age.
But the Dhamma of the good
doesn't succumb to old age:
the good let the civilized know.
-Dhammapada, 11, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can bring peace to others.
-Thomas à Kempis
***
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
-Annie Lennox
-The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)
***
I learned much from my teachers, more from my books, and most from my troubles.
- Kaminer, Baraitot de Rabbi Yitzhak
Reprinted with
***
Even royal chariots
well-embellished
get run down,
and so does the body
succumb to old age.
But the Dhamma of the good
doesn't succumb to old age:
the good let the civilized know.
-Dhammapada, 11, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
First keep the peace within yourself, then you can bring peace to others.
-Thomas à Kempis
***
Ask yourself: Have you been kind today? Make kindness your daily modus operandi and change your world.
-Annie Lennox
Negative feelings, such as violence, are damaging to life, whether we act upon them ourselves, or cause or condone them in others.
They are born of greed, anger, or delusion, and may be slight, moderate, or intense.
Their fruit is endless ignorance and suffering. To remember this is to cultivate the opposite.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:34
***
In the winter the earth is pregnant. It bears within itself a great secret. In the summer, the secret is disclosed.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
***
God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.
-Elisabeth Elliot
***
Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
-Bern Williams (submitted by Turtle76)
They are born of greed, anger, or delusion, and may be slight, moderate, or intense.
Their fruit is endless ignorance and suffering. To remember this is to cultivate the opposite.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 2:34
***
In the winter the earth is pregnant. It bears within itself a great secret. In the summer, the secret is disclosed.
- Rabbi Nachman of Breslov
***
God is God. Because He is God, He is worthy of my trust and obedience. I will find rest nowhere but in His holy will, a will that is unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.
-Elisabeth Elliot
***
Man has never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.
-Bern Williams (submitted by Turtle76)
I am forever pure.
What is illusion,
Or the world?
What is the little soul,
Or God Himself?
One without two,
I am always the same.
I sit in my heart.
-Ashtavakra Gita 20:11-12
***
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
- Maimonides, "Tzavaah"
***
Buddha’s teachings are so simple and straightforward. If you find them complicated, it is only because you have made them so. You may think, “I have a Ph.D. and have amassed all this knowledge, yet I still can’t figure out how to begin practicing Dharma.” The remedy is to take a good look at your own mind.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe, in "Wisdom Energy"
***
If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
-Mary Pickford
What is illusion,
Or the world?
What is the little soul,
Or God Himself?
One without two,
I am always the same.
I sit in my heart.
-Ashtavakra Gita 20:11-12
***
Lose with truth and right rather than gain with falsehood and wrong.
- Maimonides, "Tzavaah"
***
Buddha’s teachings are so simple and straightforward. If you find them complicated, it is only because you have made them so. You may think, “I have a Ph.D. and have amassed all this knowledge, yet I still can’t figure out how to begin practicing Dharma.” The remedy is to take a good look at your own mind.
-Lama Thubten Yeshe, in "Wisdom Energy"
***
If you have made mistakes, even serious mistakes, you may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing we call "failure" is not the falling down, but the staying down.
-Mary Pickford
Not by the weak, not by the unearnest,
Not by those who practice wrong disciplines
Can the Self be realized. The Self reveals
Himself as the Lord of Love to the one
Who practices right disciplines.
-Mundaka Upanishad
From The Upanishads
***
Man's good deeds are single acts in the long drama of redemption.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, "The Earth Is the Lord's
***
Drinking the Dhamma,
refreshed by the Dhamma,
one sleeps at ease
with clear awareness & calm.
In the Dhamma revealed
by the noble ones,
the wise person
always delights.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
We become truly personal by loving God and by loving other humans...In its deepest sense, love is the life, the energy, of the Creator in us.
-Kallistos Ware
***
You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.
-G.K. Chesterton
Not by those who practice wrong disciplines
Can the Self be realized. The Self reveals
Himself as the Lord of Love to the one
Who practices right disciplines.
-Mundaka Upanishad
From The Upanishads
***
Man's good deeds are single acts in the long drama of redemption.
- Abraham Joshua Heschel, "The Earth Is the Lord's
***
Drinking the Dhamma,
refreshed by the Dhamma,
one sleeps at ease
with clear awareness & calm.
In the Dhamma revealed
by the noble ones,
the wise person
always delights.
-Dhammapada, 6, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu
***
We become truly personal by loving God and by loving other humans...In its deepest sense, love is the life, the energy, of the Creator in us.
-Kallistos Ware
***
You can only find truth with logic if you have already found truth without it.
-G.K. Chesterton
am neither the mind, the intellect, nor the silent voice within;
Neither the eyes, the ears, the nose, nor the mouth.
I am not water, fire, earth, nor ether—
I am Consciousness and Bliss.
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
-Shankaracharya
***
My friend is he who will tell me my fault in private.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
***
As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal.
-Andrew Murray
***
Two kinds of people on earth can be seen: the people who lift and the people who lean.
-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
Neither the eyes, the ears, the nose, nor the mouth.
I am not water, fire, earth, nor ether—
I am Consciousness and Bliss.
I am Shiva! I am Shiva!
-Shankaracharya
***
My friend is he who will tell me my fault in private.
- Ibn Gabirol, Mibhar HaPeninim
***
As free human beings we can use our unique intelligence to try to understand ourselves and our world. But if we are prevented from using our creative potential, we are deprived of one of the basic characteristics of a human being.
-His Holiness the Dalai Lama
***
Prayer is reaching out after the unseen; fasting is letting go of all that is seen and temporal.
-Andrew Murray
***
Two kinds of people on earth can be seen: the people who lift and the people who lean.
-Ella Wheeler-Wilcox
As the man and the woman in me
Unite in love,
The brilliant beauty
Balanced on the two-petalled lotus
Within me
Dazzles my eyes.
The rays
Outshine the moon
And the jewels
Glowing on the hoods of snakes.
My skin and bone
Are tuned to gold.
I am the reservoir of love
Alive as the waves.
A single drop of water
Has grown into a sea,
Unnavigable.
-Lalan
***
By means of what He created Allah gave you shelter from the sun and carved out caverns in the mountains for your refuge. He gave you the ability to make garments that protect you from heat, as well as coats of mail that protect you in warfare. Thus He perfected His favors to you that you may surrender yourselves before His will.
-Qur'an, An-Nahl, Surah 16:81
***
Spend your money on good books, and you'll find its equivalent in gold of intelligence.
- Immanuel, "Mahberot," c.1300
***
A man named Liu Shiyu asked Yangshan, 'May I hear the principle of attaining mind?'
Yangshan said, 'If you want to attain mind, then there's no mind that can be attained. It is this unattainable mind that is known as truth.'
-Zen’s Chinese Heritage
***
God, with Your help, let me courageously face whatever I'm afraid of.
-Linda Neukrug
***
When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
-Tao saying
Unite in love,
The brilliant beauty
Balanced on the two-petalled lotus
Within me
Dazzles my eyes.
The rays
Outshine the moon
And the jewels
Glowing on the hoods of snakes.
My skin and bone
Are tuned to gold.
I am the reservoir of love
Alive as the waves.
A single drop of water
Has grown into a sea,
Unnavigable.
-Lalan
***
By means of what He created Allah gave you shelter from the sun and carved out caverns in the mountains for your refuge. He gave you the ability to make garments that protect you from heat, as well as coats of mail that protect you in warfare. Thus He perfected His favors to you that you may surrender yourselves before His will.
-Qur'an, An-Nahl, Surah 16:81
***
Spend your money on good books, and you'll find its equivalent in gold of intelligence.
- Immanuel, "Mahberot," c.1300
***
A man named Liu Shiyu asked Yangshan, 'May I hear the principle of attaining mind?'
Yangshan said, 'If you want to attain mind, then there's no mind that can be attained. It is this unattainable mind that is known as truth.'
-Zen’s Chinese Heritage
***
God, with Your help, let me courageously face whatever I'm afraid of.
-Linda Neukrug
***
When the student is ready, the teacher appears.
-Tao saying
If you make it plain you like people, it's hard for them to resist liking you back.
-Lois McMaster Bujold
***
As a flawless crystal absorbs what is placed before it, so the settled mind is transparent to whatever it meets--the seer, the process of seeing, or the object seen.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1:41
***
The Almighty Allah judges you neither by your countenance nor your wealth, but by the purity of your hearts and your deeds.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
***
The man who regards life...as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
- Albert Einstein, "The World As I See It"
***
As long as the followers of the way hold regular and frequent assemblies, they may be expected to prosper and not decline. As long as they meet in harmony, break up in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony, they may be expected to prosper and not decline.
-from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, translated by Maurice Walshe
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discouragement, feast on hope. Fast from media hype, feast on the honesty of the Bible. Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds.
-Anonymous
-Lois McMaster Bujold
***
As a flawless crystal absorbs what is placed before it, so the settled mind is transparent to whatever it meets--the seer, the process of seeing, or the object seen.
-The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, 1:41
***
The Almighty Allah judges you neither by your countenance nor your wealth, but by the purity of your hearts and your deeds.
-The Prophet Muhammad (SAW), as reported by Abu Hurairah
***
The man who regards life...as meaningless is not merely unfortunate but almost disqualified for life.
- Albert Einstein, "The World As I See It"
***
As long as the followers of the way hold regular and frequent assemblies, they may be expected to prosper and not decline. As long as they meet in harmony, break up in harmony, and carry on their business in harmony, they may be expected to prosper and not decline.
-from the Mahaparinibbana Sutta, translated by Maurice Walshe
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discouragement, feast on hope. Fast from media hype, feast on the honesty of the Bible. Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds.
-Anonymous
Let everyone understand that the real love of God does not consist in tear-shedding...but in serving God by serving those around us, in justice, fortitude of soul, and humility.
-St. Teresa of Avila
***
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
-Warren Buffet
***
But O how wonderful!
I am the unbounded deep
In whom all living things
Naturally arise,
Rush against each other playfully,
And then subside.
-Ashtavakra Gita 2:25
***
Suffering is precious; it is a divine convenant.
- Jonathan, Mekilta, to Exodus
***
An evil deed, when done,
doesn't,like ready milk
come out right away.
It follows the fool,
smoldering
like a fire
hidden in ashes.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discouragement, feast on hope. Fast from media hype, feast on the honesty of the Bible. Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds.
-Anonymous
-St. Teresa of Avila
***
Someone's sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
-Warren Buffet
***
But O how wonderful!
I am the unbounded deep
In whom all living things
Naturally arise,
Rush against each other playfully,
And then subside.
-Ashtavakra Gita 2:25
***
Suffering is precious; it is a divine convenant.
- Jonathan, Mekilta, to Exodus
***
An evil deed, when done,
doesn't,like ready milk
come out right away.
It follows the fool,
smoldering
like a fire
hidden in ashes.
-Dhammapada, 5, translated by Thanissaro Bhikkhu.
***
Suggestions for Fasting and Feasting: Fast from discouragement, feast on hope. Fast from media hype, feast on the honesty of the Bible. Fast from idle gossip; feast on purposeful silence. Fast from problems that overwhelm; feast on prayer that undergirds.
-Anonymous
I have found the paradox that if I love until it hurts, then there is no hurt, but only more love.
-Mother Teresa, The Simple Path
***
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.
-Jack Penn
***
Fire is not seen until one firestick rubs
Against another, though fire is still there,
Hidden in the firestick. So does the Lord
Remain hidden in the body until
He is revealed through the mystic mantram.
Let your body be the lower firestick;
Let the mantram be the upper. Rub them
Against each other in meditation
And realize the Lord.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Have you not heard of people in the past who refused to believe? They have already suffered through their unbelief; and a terrible punishment awaits them. When their apostles brought them clear arguments, they said: Will mortals be our guides?’ They denied the truth, and turned their backs. But God has no need of them; he has all he needs, and he alone should be praised.
-Qur'an, At-Taghabun, Surah 64:5-6
***
The Torah you heard from the mouth of a sage, esteem it as though you had heard it from Mount Sinai.
- Rabbi Helbo, Ecclesiastes Rabbah
***
A man was rowing his boat upstream on a very misty morning. Suddenly, he saw another boat coming downstream, not trying to avoid him. It was coming straight at him. He shouted, "Be careful! Be careful!" but the boat came right into him, and his boat was almost sunk. The man became very angry, and began to shout at the other person, to give him a piece of his mind. But when he looked closely, he saw that there was no one in the other boat. It turned out that the boat just got loose and went downstream. All his anger vanished, and he laughed and he laughed.
-Thich Nhat Nanh, "Being Peace"
***
-Mother Teresa, The Simple Path
***
One of the secrets of life is to make stepping-stones out of stumbling blocks.
-Jack Penn
***
Fire is not seen until one firestick rubs
Against another, though fire is still there,
Hidden in the firestick. So does the Lord
Remain hidden in the body until
He is revealed through the mystic mantram.
Let your body be the lower firestick;
Let the mantram be the upper. Rub them
Against each other in meditation
And realize the Lord.
-Shvetashvatara Upanishad
***
Have you not heard of people in the past who refused to believe? They have already suffered through their unbelief; and a terrible punishment awaits them. When their apostles brought them clear arguments, they said: Will mortals be our guides?’ They denied the truth, and turned their backs. But God has no need of them; he has all he needs, and he alone should be praised.
-Qur'an, At-Taghabun, Surah 64:5-6
***
The Torah you heard from the mouth of a sage, esteem it as though you had heard it from Mount Sinai.
- Rabbi Helbo, Ecclesiastes Rabbah
***
A man was rowing his boat upstream on a very misty morning. Suddenly, he saw another boat coming downstream, not trying to avoid him. It was coming straight at him. He shouted, "Be careful! Be careful!" but the boat came right into him, and his boat was almost sunk. The man became very angry, and began to shout at the other person, to give him a piece of his mind. But when he looked closely, he saw that there was no one in the other boat. It turned out that the boat just got loose and went downstream. All his anger vanished, and he laughed and he laughed.
-Thich Nhat Nanh, "Being Peace"
***