"What is Zen? Simple, simple, so simple. Infinite gratitude toward all things past; infinite service to all things present; infinite responsibility to all things future."

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Source : Huston Smith, Jeffery Paine (2012). “The Huston Smith Reader”, p.87, Univ of California Press

Huston Smith

#Gratitude Quotes #Future Quotes #Responsibility Quotes

“Charles was constitutionally incapable of being a constitutional monarch.”
“Narrative art, the novel, from Murasaki to Proust, has produced great works of poetry.”
“I fully expect to be able to complete one more campaign goal - and that is to proudly report that signs have been erected as you enter our great state that say 'Welcome to Wild, Wonderful West Virginia: Open for Business!'”
“For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes a disaster.”
“I am an obscure and patient pearl-fisherman who dives into the deepest waters and comes up with empty hands and a blue face. Some fatal attraction draws me down into the abysses of thought, down into those innermost recesses which never cease to fascinate the strong. I shall spend my life gazing at the ocean of art, where others voyage or fight; and from time to time Iâ€™ll entertain myself by diving for those green and yellow shells that nobody will want. So I shall keep them for myself and cover the walls of my hut with them.”
“The Keystone XL project has built strong safety measures into its design with the newest technology. Additionally, 80 percent of the new Canadian oil sands are being developed 'in situ,' meaning, it has a similar carbon footprint and emissions as conventional oil wells.”
“If you got beauty, beauty, just raise em up. Cause every inch of you is perfect from the bottom to the top.”
“Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.”

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