"This building we're in has doors and windows. If we close the doors and windows, we can't get out. People lock themselves inside a house of delusions. But they're only delusions. They can leave anytime. Actually there is no house to leave. There's not even any leaving. What we see are flowers in the sky, the moon in the water. As for the meditative powers of Zen masters like Hsu-yun, sometimes it's useful to meditate and sometimes it isn't."

Source : Bill Porter (2009). “Zen Baggage: A Pilgrimage to China”, p.328, Counterpoint Press

Bill Porter

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“Mountaintops are for views and inspiration, but fruit is grown in the valleys.”

Source : Billy Graham (2013). “Quotes from Billy Graham: A Legacy of Faith”, p.146, B&H Publishing Group
“Certain foods no longer agree with me. If I eat French fries, I might feel sick to my stomach.”
“I like to go to the clubs. As long as the environment permits, and it's not too knuckleheadish, I'm there, I go to the club. Because that's where you get inspiration from.”

Source : "Lil Jon is ready to get wild on the road". The Associated Press Interview, www.today.com. May 24, 2005.
“Critical (i.e., separating) methods apply only to the world-as-nature. It would be easier to break up a theme of Beethoven with dissecting knife or acid than to break up the soul by methods of abstract thought . Nature-knowledge and man-knowledge have neither ways nor aims in common.”
“If you get asked to do something that would take place down the road (say you get asked to speak at a conference that's a year away) and you wouldn't want to do it if it were taking place next week, then don't do it. This advice has helped me evaluate the opportunities that I truly want to dedicate my time to and those that I don't.”
“What do I think about the way most people dress? Most people are not something one thinks about.”
“Let us be clear. Prison works. It ensures that we are protected from murderers, muggers and rapists, and it makes many who are tempted to commit crime think twice.”

Source : "Howard seeks to placate 'angry majority". The Independent, October 7, 1993.
“We have to be careful of not injecting more uncertainty than economy can handle”

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