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
Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person… — Bai Juyi Copy Share Image
As a friend at a major American newspaper said to me when I complained about this tendency in his own paper, "You… — George Weigel Copy Share Image
My alter egos have changed a lot over the years. When I was a child, I was a black horse called Storm.… — Romola Garai Copy Share Image
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
Marriage isn't a contest to see who is most often right. Marriage requires being what the Japanese call 'the wise bamboo,' which… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Bamboo is flexible, bending with the wind but never breaking, capable of adapting to any circumstance. It suggests resilience, meaning that we… — Ping Fu Copy Share Image
It never takes longer than a few minutes, when they get together, for everyone to revert to the state of nature, like… — Michael Chabon 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
For better or worse, zoos are how most people come to know big or exotic animals. Few will ever see wild penguins… — Diane Ackerman 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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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