When Noah is captain, what is there to fear? Ibn El-Arabi Read more

Low at my problem bending, Another problem comes – Larger than mine – Serener – Involving statelier sums. I check my busy pencil, My figures file away. Wherefore, my baffled fingers Thy perplexity? Emily Dickinson Read more

Tao is always nameless. Small as it is in its Primal Simplicity, It is inferior to nothing in the world. If only a ruler could cling to it, Everything will render homage to him. Heaven and Earth will be harmonized And send down sweet dew. Peace and order will reign […] Read more

Man’s life is less than a hundred years but he’s saddled with a thousand years’ woes. No sooner have you cured a sickness of your own then your sons and grandsons load you with care. Stoop down to see how your grain is growing, look up to examine your mulberry […] Read more

The softest of all things Override the hardest of all things. Only Nothing can enter into no-space. Hence I know the advantage of Non-Ado. Few things under heaven are as instructive as the lessons of Silence, Or as beneficial as the fruits of Non-Ado. Tao Teh Ching Read more

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

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

Wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, O what a panic’s in thy breastie! Thou need na start awa sae hasty, Wi’ bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an’ chase thee Wi’ murd’ring pattle! I’m truly sorry man’s dominion Has broken Nature’s social union, An’ justifies that ill opinion Which […] Read more