"Silently a flower blooms, In silence it falls away; Yet here now, at this moment, at this place, The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming. This is the talk of the flower, the truth of the blossom; The glory of eternal life is fully shining here."

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Source : Zenkei Shibayama (2012). “A Flower Does Not Talk: Zen Essays”, p.110, Tuttle Publishing

Zenkei Shibayama

#Life Quotes #Flower Quotes #Fall Quotes

“I think the systems that we have in place, which are run by local election officials, actually will be found to work very, very well, and that American voters should feel pretty good about the systems that help us elect our leadership and decide issues.”
“He who has no opinion of his own, but depends upon the opinion and taste of others, is a slave.”
“Who Are You? What do you want? Where Are You Going? Who do you serve and who do you trust?”
“Life asks for a preparation as complete as we can afford; the great contest should be fought with spirit but with good temper always; we should never think the game lost while it is still going; and finally we should have the satisfaction of quitting the field able to say: I did my best.”

Source : Arthur Lynch (1921). “Moods of Life: Popular Psychological Studies of Affairs of Every Day”
“He is not someone who went off to play in Europe and only a few Americans follow. He has the potential to be on magazine covers and more newspaper coverage.”
“I tell you, my friends,â€™ he said one day. â€˜I tell you that I am the only sane man in the regiment. Itâ€™s the others that are mad, but they donâ€™t know it. They fight a war and they donâ€™t know what for. Isnâ€™t that crazy? How can one man kill another and not really know the reason why he does it, except that the other man wears a different colour uniform and speaks a different language? And itâ€™s me they call mad!”
“Small changes can make huge destination differences.”

Source : Sean Covey (2014). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens”, p.94, Simon and Schuster
“She had been in situations like this, where people said, Convince me, and in none of those had they actually wanted to be convinced. She could lay down a perfect argument and they just invented new bullshit on the spot to justify why the answer was still no. When people said, Convince me, she knew it didnâ€™t mean they had an open mind. It meant they had power and wanted to enjoy it a minute.”

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