A good soldier is never agressive; A good fighter is never angry. The best way of conquering an enemy Is to win him over by not antagonizing him. The best way of employing a man Is to serve under him. This is called the virtue of non-striving! This is called […] Read more

I will die in Paris, on a rainy day, on some day I can already remember. I will die in Paris – and I don’t step aside – perhaps on a Thursday, as today is Thursday, in autumn. It will be a Thursday, because today, Thursday, setting down these lines, […] Read more

All your days are like a drunken stupor, but the flowing years never for a moment stand still. When you’re buried under the weed-grown turf, how black will be the moon that shines down there! When bones and flesh have rotted and scattered and the spirit is fading away, though […] Read more

Why Just show you God’s menu? Hell, we are all Starving – Let’s Eat Read more

Today I sat before the cliff, sat a long time till mists had cleared. A single thread, the clear stream runs cold; a thousand yards the green peaks lift their heads. White clouds – the morning light is still. Moonrise – the lamp of night drifts upward. Body free from […] Read more

WhatDo sad people have inCommon? It seemsThey have all built a shrineTo the past And often go thereAnd do a strange wail andWorship What is the beginning ofHappiness? It is to stop being So religious Like That. Hafiz Read more

Pale sunlight, pale the wall. Love moves away. The light changes. I need more grace than I thought. Jalaluddin Rumi Read more

Have I a body or have I none? Am I who I am or am I not? Pondering these questions, I sit leaning against the cliff while the years go by, till the green grass grows between my feet and the red dust settles on my head, and the men […] Read more