Since
the past is unreal
and the future is unreal,
all your thoughts are
about nothing.
Darkness
cannot drive out darkness;
only light can do that. Hate cannot
drive out hate; only love
can do that.
January 15, 1929 ~ April 4, 1968
If there
is peace in your mind
you will find peace with everybody.
If your mind is agitated you will find agitation
everywhere. So first find peace within and you will
see this inner peace reflected everywhere else.
You are this peace! You are happiness,
find out. Where else will you
find peace if not
within
you?
andrew kowalik, “before the storm”
If I
had known how
sorrowful this world is,
I would have become grass
or a tree in a deep
mountain!
Ryokan
translated by kazuaki tanahashi
Me tenía
una familia de árboles,
otra de matas, hablaba largo
y tendido con animales
hallados
(I had
a family of trees, and
another of plants, and I talked and
talked with the animals
I found)