"When thoughts arise, then do all things arise. When thoughts vanish, then do all things vanish."

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Source : "The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind". Book by Huangbo and John Blofeld, p. 80, 1958.

Huangbo Xiyun

“In sports as in child rearing, marital arguments, or tantrums, the same laws of learning apply; when an emotion is encouraged and the rules permit it, it is perpetuated, not 'drained.' ... An emotion without social rules of containment and expression is like an egg without a shell: a gooey mess ...”
“You want a political culture that works to create conditions under which an economy can thrive? Since signing the Oslo Accords with the Palestinians, Israel has spent two decades working to unshackle its economy from its socialist roots, with remarkable results.”
“What people don't understand, they laugh at.”
“Expect poison from the standing water.”
“Most new writers think it's easy to write for children, but it's not. You have to get in a beginning, middle and end, tell a great story, write well, not be condescending-all in a few pages.”

Source : "The World Doesn't Need Another Rhyming Tooth Fairy Story: A Conversation with Children's Book Agent Andrea Brown". Interview with Anna Olswanger, www.underdown.org. 1998.
“I was raised to believe that excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism. And that's how I operate my life.”
“Everyday is a holiday when you're RVD”
“No matter our talent, we all know in the midnight of our souls that 90 percent of what we do is less than our best.”

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