"Words and ideas are a description of reality, silence is a negation of reality. What is the reality itself?"

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Source : John Daido Loori (2009). “The True Dharma Eye: Zen Master Dogen's Three Hundred Koans”, p.222, Shambhala Publications

John Daido Loori

#Reality Quotes #Ideas Quotes #Silence Quotes

“There is no one perfect way to be a good mother... Each mother has different challenges, different skills and abilities, and certainly different children... What matters is that a mother loves her children deeply and, in keeping with the devotion she has for God and her husband, prioritizes them above all else.”
“National character cannot be built by law. It is the sum of the moral fiber of its individuals.”
“A tree nowhere offers a straight line or a regular curve, but who doubts that root, trunk, boughs, and leaves embody geometry?”

Source : George Iles (1918). “Canadian Stories”
“Now, and in the future, my focus is entirely on pets and children. Im not a person who can turn a blind eye to injustice against them.”
“Christina can sing all the notes, but Britney is just hot!”
“It's rare that I'll write lyrics first. If I come up with some good lyrics, I'll write them down and try to use them later. If I come up with a song title, sometimes I'll write a song based on that. Sometimes, I'll make a whole band out of it. I don't really have a process, per se. I just keep going and going and going. Every free minute I have I'm working.”
“Being busy does not always mean real work.”
“Love / Through all the ups and downs the joys and hurts / Love / For better or worse I still will choose you first”

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