"Zen is not, in my view, philosophy or mysticism. It is simply a practice of readjustment of nervous activity. That is, it restores the distorted nervous system to its normal functioning."

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Source : Katsuki Sekida (2005). “Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy”, p.211, Shambhala Publications

Katsuki Sekida

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“The most beautiful highway in the world”
“I've had my body manipulated so many different times for so many different reasons, whether it's paparazzi photographers or for film posters. [The topless Interview shoot] was one of the ones where I said: 'OK, I'm fine doing the topless shot so long as you don't make them any bigger or retouch.' Because it does feel important to say it really doesn't matter what shape you are. I think women's bodies are a battleground, and photography is partly to blame. Our society is so photographic now, it becomes more difficult to see all of those different varieties of shape.”
“There's beauty in anger, and anger for me is a passion.”
“I do have rituals. I'm a fairly superstitious person.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Teach your parents well.”
“Remember, light and shadow never stand still.”

Source : Benjamin West, Allen Staley, Baltimore Museum of Art (1989). “Benjamin West, American painter at the English Court: June 4-August 20, 1989”
“We always cherish and miss the time passed yet struglling for a better future but after moving to next level we feel the past was beautiful”
“He has a brain like Einstein's - dead since 1955”

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