To be resolute in the way

means 
from the beginning never to 
lose

sight of it, whether in a
 place of calm or in a place

of strife; 
to not cling to quiet places nor 


shun places where there is

disturbance.

Daikaku

Most

women who have done

something with their lives have

been disliked by almost

everyone.

Francoise Gilot

When the workings

of the mind are stirred, a reflection

of a bow may be mistaken for a serpent,

a large rock in the underbrush may be seen

as a crouching lion; here is all killing energy.

When thoughts cease, even the violent can

become gentle, the ordinary can be

elegant; everywhere you see

true potential.

Huanchu Daoren

The body’s so

hard, such awful things inside it.

Expenditure and loss. Collateral and gift.

Yet inside the inside, stillness, if

you close your eyes.

Maggie Smith

We sense that

there is some sort of spirit

that loves birds and animals and the ants —

perhaps the same one who gave a radiance to you

in your mother’s womb. Is it logical you would be walking

around entirely orphaned now? The truth is you turned away

yourself, and decided to go into the dark alone. Now you

are tangled up in others, and have forgotten what

you once knew, and that’s why everything

you do has some weird

failure in it.

Kabir