My mother always says, "The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak." I can be very focused and determined. But, I… — Sarah Lafleur Copy Share Image
“We talked about how terrible the natural world could be. Of course, the bamboo is only doing what it must. Everything obeys… — Lauren Oliver Copy Share Image
Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
I've had a really weird day, some joker threw bamboo in the penguin enclosure. They all vaulted out. It was a nightmare,… — Noel Fielding Copy Share Image
I just don't believe in helping people who are going to torture me. Though I don't see any bamboo slivers. How can… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
[My muse] likes to inhabit tea leaves, sunlight filtered through bamboo, melancholy clouds over the Devon coastline, a weedy railroad crossing in… — Quentin S. Crisp Copy Share Image
Heat lingers As days are still long; Early mornings are cool While autumn is still young. Dew on the lotus Scatters pure… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
Chinese bamboo. A tree that grows really tall - to a height of over eighty feet. It takes around five years and… — Prakah Iyer Copy Share Image
I wanted to inspire people not to work under a bamboo ceiling. Whatever you are - yellow, black, white, brown - you… — Eddie Huang Copy Share Image
The legs, for example, of that chair--how miraculous their tubularity, how supernatural their polished smoothness! I spent several minutes--or was it several… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
Sweep the garden, any size, said the roshi. Sweeping, sweeping alone as the garden grows large or small. Any song sung working… — Olga Broumas Copy Share Image
I want a girl with extensions in her hair, Bamboo earrings, at least two pair, A Fendi bag and a bad attitude,… — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
Meanwhile, let us have a sip of tea. The afternoon glow is brightening the bamboos, the fountains are bubbling with delight, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Although we have no actual written communications from the world of emptiness, we have some hints or suggestions about what is going… — Shunryu Suzuki Copy Share Image
You can learn from an ordinary bamboo leaf what ought to happen. It bends lower and lower under the weight of snow.… — Eugen Herrigel Copy Share Image
The Japanese are virtuosos. They make just the little accent that makes all the difference. So much there is so beautiful -… — Jane Jacobs Copy Share Image
Go to the pine if you want to learn about the pine, or to the bamboo if you want to learn about… — Matsuo Basho Copy Share Image
The torture that they are coming up with in China is so creative. They have this other method where they'll take a… — Kristen Schaal Copy Share Image
“You haven’t realized it yet but your life is precious. I always say that people should not do something that has no… — Melissa Rose Lawrence Copy Share Image
I know Mark,' I reply. 'And I don't like him.' 'But I do. And part of being social means being civil to… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway… — Ben Aaronovitch Copy Share Image
God can be realized through all paths. All religions are true. The important thing is to reach the roof. You can reach… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
A garden is to be enjoyed, and should satisfy the mind and not only the eye of the beholder. Sounds such as… — Penelope Hobhouse Copy Share Image
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