Put on the music, and listen. Zazen means to sit, to listen. You're listening to enlightenment, to the universes, to the planes of mind.
Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.
Success or failure in business is caused more by the mental attitude even than by mental capacities.
Without courage there cannot be truth, and without truth there can be no other virtue.
A sound head, an honest heart, and an humble spirit are the three best guides through time and to eternity.
If you once turn on your side after the hour at which you ought to rise, it is all over. Bolt up at once.
Caution comes too late when we are in the midst of evils.
If poets often commit suicide, it is not because their poems are bad but because they are good. Whoever heard of a bad poet committing suicide? The reader is only a little better off. The exhilaration of a good poem lasts twenty minutes, an hour at most. Unlike the scientist, the artist has reentry problems that are frequent and catastrophic.
He's just not that into you if he only wants to see you when he's drunk. If he likes you, he'll want to see you when his judgment isn't impaired.
Don't blog what you don't own.
So who do you want to be?” I smiled, resting my head against his chest. “I’m not sure yet, but I’m looking forward to finding out.