Wednesday, December 25, 2013
A Lesson In Humility
Every true lesson in life is a lesson in humility.
Labels:
arrogance,
humility,
lessons in humility,
life,
pride,
self-importance,
taoism,
vanity zen
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Freedom
Freedom began on the day the first sheep wandered away from the herd.
Labels:
autonomy,
conformity,
disobedience,
freedom,
independence,
individuality,
nonconformity,
obedience,
rebellion,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
Perfect Satisfaction
If one bite fills you, you don't need two.
Labels:
abundance,
contentment,
gluttony,
greed,
hunger,
need,
satisfaction,
simplicity,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The Turtle's Advice
Walk slowly through the world and pay attention.
Labels:
enjoying life,
hurry,
observation,
paying attention,
relaxation,
stress,
taking one's time,
taoism,
Zen Buddhism
Wednesday, November 20, 2013
Just What They Are
Things are in the end-just what they are.
Labels:
appearances,
illusion,
knowledge,
life,
perception,
philosophy,
psychology,
reality,
taoism,
things,
truth,
understanding,
zen
Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Feeling
Life is nothing, if you feel nothing.
Labels:
aphorisms,
emotion,
feeling,
insensitivity,
life,
love,
poetry,
sensitivity,
sensuality,
taoism,
the five senses,
zen
Thursday, November 7, 2013
Our Story
We love those to whom we can tell our story.
Labels:
communication,
expressing ourselves,
intimacy,
love,
openness,
our life,
our story
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
The Game Of Love
The game of love is complicated, but love is not complicated.
Labels:
affectation,
feeling,
honesty,
insincerity,
instinct,
love,
pretension,
romance,
simplicity,
taoism,
the game of love,
zen
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
The Enemy Within
Until we face the enemy within, we will remain our own worst enemies.
Wednesday, October 16, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Wednesday, October 2, 2013
At Home
Home is where you can go and relax and be nothing.
Labels:
at home,
at peace,
be nothing,
be yourself,
contentment,
home,
relaxation,
rest,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, September 25, 2013
My Work Ethic
Work is a blessing only if you can lay it aside.
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
The Meaning Of Being Human
Meaning for a human being can only mean other human beings.
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Injustice
The struggle against injustice is another kind of injustice.
Labels:
injustice,
insurrection,
peace,
revolution,
the struggle against injustice,
violence,
war
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Good Taste
Some people have such good taste they can't enjoy anything.
Labels:
art,
bad taste,
discrimination,
elitism,
enjoyment,
flexibility,
good taste,
pleasure,
rigidity,
snobbery,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, August 28, 2013
Individuality
There is music you never hear unless you play it yourself.
Labels:
action,
art,
creativity,
individuality,
music,
originality,
personal experience,
taoism,
uniqueness,
zen
Wednesday, August 21, 2013
Pleasure
Pleasure, like the sparrow, never sits on any one branch too long.
Labels:
enjoyment,
happiness,
impermanence,
pleasure,
taoism,
the passing moment,
the present moment,
zen
Wednesday, August 14, 2013
Drowning In Words
More sailors have drowned in words than in the sea.
Wednesday, August 7, 2013
Running Free
The fenced-in dog barks at the one running free.
Labels:
envy,
fear,
freedom,
independence,
jealousy,
joy,
repression,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Behind The Mask
A mask can hide you from others, but not from yourself.
Labels:
clarity. anonymity,
deception,
denial,
honesty,
lying,
self-deception,
self-knowledge,
taoism,
truth,
zen
Wednesday, July 24, 2013
What You Don't Know
You don't know how to live. You live.
Labels:
enlightenment,
knowledge,
life,
mystery,
taoism,
the meaning of life,
uncertainty,
wisdom,
zen
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Memory And Dreams
Everything is real when it happens and a dream afterwards
Labels:
being,
dreams,
life,
living in the moment,
memory,
reality,
taoism,
the here and now,
time,
zen
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Living Is The Truth
I prefer the pleasures people live for to the causes they die for.
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No one can die for the truth, because living is the truth.
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No one can die for the truth, because living is the truth.
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
A Rare Courage
The courage to be happy is even rarer than the courage to die.
Labels:
courage,
happiness,
joy,
love of life,
repression,
taoism,
uninhibitedness,
vitality,
zen
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Trust
Let the river take you where you don't want to go.
Labels:
acceptance,
control,
going with the flow,
nature,
taoism,
the unknown,
trust,
uncertainty,
zen
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
When Death Speaks
When death speaks to me it speaks only of the beauty of life.
Labels:
death,
existentialism,
life,
taoism,
the beauty of life,
the meaning of life,
zen
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Winners And Losers
If you believe in winners and losers you're one of the losers.
Labels:
comparisons,
competition,
envy,
failure,
inferiority,
losers,
success,
superiority,
the rat race,
winners
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
Real Dishes
Real dishes break. That's how you know they're real.
Labels:
fantasy,
fragility,
illusion,
impermanence,
mortality,
permanence,
reality,
vulnerability
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
A Life Of Luxury
Real luxury consists in seeing beauty everywhere.
Labels:
a life of luxury,
appreciation,
beauty,
gratitude,
looking,
luxury,
perception,
seeing,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Simplicity
He's the happiest who's happy being nothing.
Labels:
being,
happiness,
humility,
identity,
light-heartedness,
nonchalance,
simplicity,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
To One Who Loves
To one who loves birds, morning always wakes up singing.
Labels:
a sense of wonder,
birds,
love,
love of life,
love of nature,
nature,
singing,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Washed Away
The sea will wash away our footprints but not the fact we made them.
Labels:
eternity,
immortality,
impermanence,
life,
mortality,
oblivion,
permanence,
taoism,
the value of life,
time,
zen
Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The Right Way
The right way to cook your eggs is any way you like them.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
When The Sky Falls
If the sky falls, there'll be a bigger sky behind it.
Labels:
courage,
eternity,
faith,
infinity,
perseverance,
the universe,
tragedy,
trust
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Adversity
A light heart can carry the most weight.
Labels:
adversity,
cheerfulness,
good humor,
light-heartedness,
nonchalance,
taoism,
zen
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Good Luck
Bad health is bad luck. Everything else is good luck.
Labels:
appreciation,
bad health,
bad luck,
being thankful,
good health,
good luck,
gratitude,
health
Wednesday, April 3, 2013
True Wealth
True wealth: a life rich in people.
Labels:
family,
friendship,
love,
personal relationships,
riches,
wealth
Wednesday, March 27, 2013
The Flea
The flea that doubts doesn't jump nearly as high.
Wednesday, March 20, 2013
The Kite
Freedom is the kite's response to the wind.
Labels:
action,
adaptibility,
change,
circumstances,
freedom,
reality,
responsiveness
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
The First Robin
There is a first robin every spring, and it is never a cliche.
Labels:
living in the present,
new beginnings,
rebirth,
renewal,
spring,
wonderment
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
My Foolish Beliefs
Forgive my foolish beliefs, as I forgive your foolish beliefs.
Labels:
beliefs,
foolishness,
forgiveness,
humility,
tolerance
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
A Drop Of Dew
Every drop of dew before it fades must think itself immortal.
Labels:
a drop of dew,
immortality,
impermanence,
mortality,
transience
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
My Book
My life is my book, but I can't read it.
Labels:
life,
mystery,
self-awareness,
self-knowledge,
the unknown
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
Kind People
Only kind people seem really human.
Labels:
being human,
humanity,
kind people,
kindness
Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Loneliness
Loneliness is a failure to appreciate others.
Labels:
alienation,
appreciating others,
loneliness,
self-absorption
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Importance Of Unimportance
I made a list of unimportant things: I put importance at the top.
Labels:
egotism,
humility,
importance,
materialism,
simplicity,
unimportance
Wednesday, January 16, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Being Human
Be what you were born to be-a human being. You don't have to be anything else.
Labels:
ambition,
being human,
being what you are,
birth,
hubris,
humanity,
identity
Wednesday, January 2, 2013
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