The world is not in your books and maps, 

it’s out there

...

~ Gandalf

You will learn by reading

But you will understand with love. 

~ Shams Tabrizi

sunlight in the morning

kasutora matsuki | sunlight in the morning | 1929

By a green jade lake, 

What a wonderful sight: 

An old hermit fathoming Tao. 

Aren't they the lucky ones, 

Humble and still, 

Quietly humming the 

Melodies of heaven? 

~ Loy Ching-Yuen

Everything arises and passes away.

When you see this you are above sorrow.

This is the shining way.

~ Buddha: Dhammapada

Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth.

~ Rumi

... I really don't know what I love you means.

I think it means Don't leave me here alone ...

~ Neil Gaiman

GP
music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.

~ Anaïs Nin

Fill your bowl to the brim

and it will spill.

Keep sharpening your knife

and it will blunt.

Chase after money and security

and your heart will never unclench.

Care about people's approval

and you will be their prisoner.

Do your work, then step back.

The only path to serenity.

~ Tao Te Ching

verse 9

Travel, wander, get lost. You never know what you might find.

 

~ unknown 

BE yourself!

Students of today can't get anywhere: what ails you? 

Lack of faith in yourself is what ails you. 

If you lack faith in yourself, 

you'll keep on tumbling along, 

bewilderedly following after all kinds of circumstances, 

be taken by these myriad circumstances through transformation after transformation, 

and never be yourself. 

~ Lin-chi Hui-chao