"Keep your hands open, and all the sands of the desert can pass through them. Close them, and all you can feel is a bit of grit."

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Source : "Zen to Go" by Jon Winokur, (p. 126), 1989.

Taisen Deshimaru

#Hands Quotes #Grit Quotes #Desert Quotes

“I am a bundle of nerves dressed up to look like a man!”
“Vanity is a factor, but it is more a question of control. It is easier to trick others into perceiving you as beautiful if you can convince yourself you are beautiful. But mirrors have an uncanny way of telling the truth.”
“I have become infected, now that I see how beautifully a book is coming out of all this.”
“If you wander with open eyes and simple curiosity, you'll discover a much richer pleasure - the simple feeling of possibility that hums from every direction as you move from place to place.”

Source : Rolf Potts (2002). “Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel”, p.82, Ballantine Books
“It is with obedience to your call that I take up the burden of government leadership for the final time.”

Source : Letter to President Ratu Sir Penaia Ganilau, en.wikiquote.org. December 5, 1987.
“"I can see nothing," said I, handing it back to my friend. "On the contrary, Watson, you can see everything. You fail, however, to reason from what you see. You are too timid in drawing your inferences."”
“The cross is the standing statement of what we do to one another and to ourselves. The resurrection is the standing statement of what God does to us in return.”
“After the economic 9/11, we will face a new world order.”

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