"difficulties only become problems when we separate ourselves from them instead of dealing with them directly and wholeheartedly."

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Source : John Daishin Buksbazen (2010). “Zen Meditation in Plain English”, p.22, ReadHowYouWant.com

John Daishin Buksbazen

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“Most of my influences are turn-of-the-century.”
“Being an intellectual creates a lot of questions and no answers.”
“I'm not a what-if and could-have person. I'm happy with my decisions.”
“Starlight is falling on every square mile of the earth's surface, and the best we can do at present is to gather up and concentrate the rays that strike at area 100 inches in diameter.”

Source : George Ellery Hale (1931). “Signals from the Stars”
“women who once aspired to the image of superwoman now worry about becoming superdrudge. Those who wanted to have it all now ask whether they have to do it all.”

Source : Ellen Goodman (1990). “Making Sense”, Penguin Group USA
“A man must have vices, expensive ones if possible. Otherwise when he reaches old age he will have nothing to be redeemed from.”
“Th' longest lane will have a turning ...”
“Life is a very serious business for the simple reason that nobody dies laughing.”

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