This we have now is not imagination. This is not grief or joy. Not a judging state, or an elation, or sadness. Those come and go. This is the presence that doesn’t. Jalaluddin Rumi Read more
Busy, Busy, Busy
If you want something done, ask a busy person. Benjamin Franklin Read more
Just Do It
Impossible to carry, but once you shoulder it, it’s the lightest thing in the world. G. I. Gurdjieff Read more
A Loafer, and Proud of It
If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an […] Read more
Like As the Waves Make Toward the Pebbled Shore
Like as the waves make toward the pebbled shore, So do our minutes hasten to their end; Each changing place with that which goes before, In sequent toil all forwards do contend. Nativity, once in the main of light, Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown’d, Crooked eclipses ‘gainst his glory […] Read more
What’s Your Criteria?
If merely ‘feeling good’ could decide, drunkenness would be the supremely valid human experience. William James Read more
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain is full of weird sights; people who try to climb it always get scared. When the moon shines, the water glints and sparkles; when the wind blows, the grasses rustle and sigh. Snowflakes make blossoms for the bare plum, clouds in place of leaves for the […] Read more
Where Did It Come From? … Where Did It Go?
The candle is not there to illuminate itself. :: Nawab Jan-Fishan Khan Read more