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“Where there's no law, there's no bread.”
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“You are the architect of your own loneliness.”
Source : Henry Thomas Hamblin (2009). “The Power of Thought”, p.4, The Floating Press
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“Moderation? It's mediocrity, fear, and confusion in disguise. It's the devil's dilemma. It's neither doing nor not doing. It's the wobbling compromise that makes no one happy. Moderation is for the bland, the apologetic, for the fence-sitters of the world afraid to take a stand. It's for those afraid to laugh or cry, for those afraid to live or die. Moderation...is lukewarm tea, the devil's own brew.”
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“I hate when comedians use Performed For The Troops as one of there credits before they go up on stage.”
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“There are times when the ocean is not the ocean - not blue, not even water, but some violent explosion of energy and danger: ferocity on a scale only gods can summon. It hurls itself at the island, sending spray right over the top of the lighthouse, biting pieces off the cliff. And the sound is a roaring of a beast whose anger knows no limits. Those are the nights the light is needed most.”
Source : "The Light Between Oceans". Book by M. L. Stedman, 2012.
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“Even though flowers fall, don't regret it. Even though weeds grow, don't hate them. Don't arouse the passions of attraction and repulsion, hating and loving. If only we don't arouse the passions, the falling of flowers and the growing of weeds as they are is manifest absolute reality.”
Source : Hakuun Yasutani (1996). “Flowers Fall: A Commentary on Dōgen's Genjōkōan”, Shambhala Publications
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“The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.”
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“What you learn in any acting class is how to make a fool of yourself and enjoy things and get out of your head.”
