"The beauty of Zen is found in simplicity and tranquility, in a sense of the all-embracing harmony of things."

-- Thich Thien-An

#Beauty Quotes #Simplicity Quotes #Tranquility Quotes

“However dark our lot may be, there is light enough on the other side of the cloud...”

Source : Horace Bushnell (1866). “The new life”, p.95
“Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.”
“Well I just figure any man who risks his neck to save a dog's life isn't going to kill someone for gold teeth.”
“You well know, sir, that when the Constitution was submitted to the People of the respective States for their adoption or rejection, it awakened the warmest debates of the several State conventions.”
“Of one thing alone I am very sure: it is a law of our nature that the memory of longing should survive the more fugitive memory of fulfillment.”
“It is far better to do the right thing wrong than to do the wrong thing right.”
“In the mind engaged in struggling with hardship, one always finds something delightful. The sorrow of disappointment arises in the complacency of satisfaction.”
“I've always loved opera; it never occurred to me that I would write a proper libretto. One of my closest friends is a composer, Paul Moravec, and a few years ago, Paul and I were at lunch, and I said to him, "you really have to write an opera." So, he says very casually to me, "I'll do it if you write the libretto." Well, little did I know that the within a couple of years we would end up getting a commission from the Santa Fe Opera to write an opera together, "The Letter," which turned out to be the most successful commissioned opera in the history of the Santa Fe Opera.”

Source : Source: bigthink.com

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