Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Dhammapada Quotation





Few among men cross over to the further shore;
the multitudes who remain run to and fro on this shore.

Sunday, April 13, 2008

Heinz R. Pagels Quotation




[On the origin of the universe]
There was emptiness more profound
than the void between the stars,
for which there was no here and there
and before and after,
and yet out of that void
the entire plenum of existence sprang forth.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Claude Monet Quotation

… to see we must forget
the name of the thing we are looking at.


Tuesday, April 8, 2008

English Proverb


The fall of a leaf is a whisper to the living.


Sunday, April 6, 2008

Hilaire Belloc Quotation


I have wandered all my life,
and I have also traveled;
the difference between the two being this,
that we wander for distraction,
but we travel for fulfillment.

Friday, April 4, 2008

Ilya Prigogine and Isabella Stengers Quotation

... Newton's law, a single mathematical formula
corresponding to an eternal truth
unfolding toward a tautological future.

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Ranier Maria Rilke Quotation

The necessary thing is great, inner solitude.
What goes on inwardly is worthy of your love.