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Zen is like soap.
First, you wash with it.
Then, you wash off the soap. --Yamaoka Tesshu

Let birds of sorrow
Fly over the head;
Do not allow them to build their nests
And multiply in you.

The past should be a springboard,
not a hammock.

Bitterness imprisons life;
love releases it.

Use what talents you possess.
The woods would be very silent
if no birds sang except those that sang best.

Whatever you do may seem insignificant to you,
but it is most important that you do it.

Don't put the key to your happiness
in someone else's pocket.

Be yourself.
The world worships the original.
Nobody can be exactly like me.
Sometimes even I have trouble doing it.

"Maturity includes the recognition that
no one is going to see anything in us
that we don't see in ourselves.
Stop waiting for a producer.
Produce yourself." -Marianne Williamson

This above all:
to thine own self be true.

No one can make you feel inferior
without your consent.

Chance is always powerful.
Let your hook be always cast in the pool;
where you least expect it, there will be a fish.

A man is but the product of his thoughts;
What he thinks, he becomes.
yath bhavam, thath bhavathi

We do not what we ought;
What we ought not, we do;
And lean upon the thought
That chance will bring us through.
But our own acts, for good or ill,
are mightier power
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"The Dangerous Age"
It is that point in a woman's life when her children are grown,
when she can finally say out loudthat she is married to the wrong man
and hasn't had a fulfilling romantic relationshipin well over a decade.
She is a little desperate, a little sada litle angry, a little lonely,
wanting to jump ship but not sure she can swim.
It's so common, it's almost generic subject matter.

We wait to see which sculpture the author will fashion it from:
Anna Karenina? Emma Bovary? Erica Jong?

If a woman takes a risk for her own happiness,
will she be happy in the end or will she be punished?
................................................................................... Annette Williams Jaffee
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What we plant in the soil of contemplation, we shall reap in the harvest of action. --Meister Eckhart

The will is free.
Strong is the soul, and wise, and beautiful.
The seeds of god-like power are in us still;
Gods are we, Bards, saints, heroes,
if we will !

There is a plan to my life
but it's not always my plan.
God's way is not always my way.
Lord, Yours Will be done.

How else
except through a broken heart
may God enter?

Think of yourself as the carpenter
Who builds your house.
Each day you hammer a nail,
place a board, or erect a wall;
Build wisely.
It is the only life you will ever build.
Even if you live it for only one day more,
that day deserves to be lived graciously
and with dignity.

The nature of God is a circle
of which the center is everywhere
and the circumference is nowhere.

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour!

The term `myth' is not a synonym for fiction.
Myth is the word used to express
The inexpressible in human experience.
In mythical expressions or tales,
the truth is not in the description
but in the meaning or insight they communicate.

The mark of your ignorance
Is the depth of your belief
in injustice and tragedy.
What the caterpillar calls the end of the world,
The master calls a butterfly.

There is no such thing as a problem
without a gift for you in its hands.
You seek problems
because you need their gifts.

You teach best
what you need most to learn.