"My real dwelling Has no pillars And no roof either So rain cannot soak it And wind cannot blow it down."

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Source : Ikkyū (2003). “Wild Ways: Zen Poems”, White Pine Press (NY)

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“I learned that there is good in this world, if you look hard enough for it. I learned that not everyone is disappointing, including me, and that a 1,257 bump in the ground can feel higher than a bell tower if you're standing next to the right person.”

Source : Jennifer Niven (2015). “All the Bright Places”, p.89, Knopf Books for Young Readers
“It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.”
“I don't know what they call Hollywood anymore. The whole meaning of the town has changed.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I really wanted to talk about the War on Terror and say that both sides were completely incompetent [in addressing it]. You can't blame the other side when you're involved in it.”
“Ask yourself whether you have earned the right to have an opinion. Opinions are easy to produce, so bad ones abound. Knowing that you don't know something is nearly as valuable as knowing it. The worst situation is thinking you know something when you don't.”
“Hey, hey, the working man, the working man like me. I ain't never been on welfare, that's one place I won't be.”

Source : Song: Workin' Man Blues
“I've been accused of trying too hard to rescue people”
“Gratitude, like faith, is a muscle. The more you use it, the stronger it grows.”

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