"Not only has one to do one's best, one must, while doing one's best, remain detached from whatever one is trying to achieve."

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Source : Janwillem van de Wetering (2014). “The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery”, p.142, St. Martin's Griffin

Janwillem van de Wetering

#Inspirational Quotes #Trying Quotes #Achieve Quotes

“Oh, it's lovely to see you!' Franny said as the cab moved off. 'I've missed you.' The words were no sooner out than she realized that she didn't mean them at all.”
“The student will try to defy the master. Always.”
“I know well that when Christ is nearest, Satan also is busiest.”
“People don't like to be lectured to, but if you can make them laugh, their defenses come down, and for the time being they've accepted whatever truth is embedded in your humor.”
“Once upon a time, I believe it was a Tuesday when I caught your eye, we got onto something, I hold on to the night. You looked me in the eye and told me you loved me. Were you just kidding, cuz it seems to me, this thing is breaking down we almost never speak. I don't feel welcome anymore. Baby what happened please tell me cuz one second is perfect now you're halfway out the door. And I stood at the phone, you still haven't called. And you feel so below you, can't feel nothing at all. And I flashback to when he said forever & always.”
“I just love the energy of going into different areas of New York.”
“My studio work is a central part of my life and I'd be at loose ends without it. When I'm not in my studio, I don't stop thinking about painting.”
“I can't say I was consciously thinking of the big changes in the music business when I was writing the lyrics, but change, uncertainty, flux, impermanence - these are things I'm acutely aware of. And I enjoy facing it all.”

Source : Source: music.avclub.com

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