"Like the moon on the water, in a way. When you confront a Zen master, what you're really seeing are not his limitations but yours."

-- Pico Iyer

#Moon Quotes #Water Quotes #Way Quotes

“I knew from a young age that I wanted to perform. I went to an arts camp called Brookdale Arts Camp, in New Jersey, from the time I was 6, and then I was a counselor there through high school.”
“Feed him ye must, whose food fills you. And that this pleasure is like raine, Not sent ye for to drowne your paine, But for to make it spring againe.”
“I would give worlds, could I believe One-half that is profess'd me; Affection! could I think it Thee, When Flattery has caress'd me.”
“I decided to play tennis not because I wanted to be a professional player, but because my parents wanted me to get involved in something so I wouldnt be running around the streets in Serbia,”
“Undoubtedly a man is to labor to better his condition, but first to better himself.”
“For a moment, I felt as if the universe had turned upside down and we were falling softly into an enormous black bowl of stars, and I knew, beyond any doubt, that everything was going to be alright.”
“No, I don't understand my husband's theory of relativity, but I know my husband and I know he can be trusted.”
“In a criminal justice setting, it's very hard to create a therapeutic environment where people do feel safe, but the real important thing to do is to do your best to do that.”

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