Knowledge is only rumour until it is in the muscle.

~  Huli

I like to wash,

the dust of this world

In the droplets of dew. 

~ Basho

A man should hear a little music, 

read a little poetry, 

and see a fine picture every day of his life, 

in order that worldly cares may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful 

which God has implanted in the human soul.

~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 

The most excellent way

To be free from the passions

And to be calm, 

This is the most excellent Way. 

~ Sutra of Forty Two Chapters

Vow to achieve the perfect

Understanding that the

Illusory body is like

Dew and lightning. 

~  Hsu Yun

Meaning of Life

Complete, tranquil, open, still. 

Such is the substance of the Way. 

Expanding, contracting, killing, giving life. 

Such is its subtle function. 

~ Yuanwu

No end, no beginning, just the infinite passion of/for life

There is no end. 

There is no beginning. 

There is only 

the infinite passion of life.

~ Federico Fellini