It is wisdom that is seeking for wisdom. |
In poetry, technique is another name for morality; it is not a manipulation of words, but a passion and asceticism.
- Octavio Paz (1914-1998) Mexico. Winner of the 1990 Nobel Prize in Literature |
A sound mans heart is not shut within itself. But is open to other peoples hearts: I find good people good, And I find bad people good if I am good enough; I trust men of their word, And I trust liars if I am true enough; I feel the heart-beats of others above my own. If I am enough of a father, enough of a son. |
Compassion and non-violence help us to see the enemys point of view, to hear his questions, to know his assessment of ourselves. For from his view we may indeed see the basic weaknesses of our own condition, and if we are mature, we may learn and grow and profit from the wisdom of the brothers who are called the opposition. |
The confidence of the [spiritual] warrior is not the confidence of the ordinary man. An ordinary man seeks approval in the eyes of the onlooker and calls that self-confidence. A spiritual warrior seeks impeccability in his own acts and calls that humbleness. - Carlos Castaneda (1925/31-1998) Anthropologist & teacher of Mesoamerican shamanism |
The surest sign of health in any ecosystem is in its diversity. "What matters most is the strength of your compassion."
- Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche, teacher of the Dalai Lama It is our duty, as men and women, to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. |
The Creative is the strongest of all things in the world. The expression of its natures is invariably the easy, in order thus to master the dangerous. The Receptive is the most devoted of all things in the world. The expression of its nature is invariably simple, in order thus to master the obstructive. - The I Ching, Ancient China (2800-2100? BC) Wilhelm / Baynes tr. p 353 |
At the root of the problem where our civilization goes wrong is the mistaken belief that nature is something less than authentic, that nature is not as alive as man is, or as intelligent, that in a sense it is dead, and that animals are of so low an order of intelligence and feeling, we need not take their feelings into account. |