Li Ching-Yuen quotes
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“Retain a calm heart, sit like a turtle, walk swiftly like a pigeon, and sleep like a dog”
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“We can hold back neither the coming of the flowers nor the downward rush of the stream; sooner or later, everything comes to its fruition.”
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“Every day, mindful practice. When the mind is disciplined then the Way can work for us. Otherwise, all we do is talk of Tao; everything is just words; and the world will know us as its one great fool.”
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“Before I had studied Zen for thirty years, I saw mountains as mountains, and waters as waters. When I arrived at a more intimate knowledge, I came to the point where I saw that mountains are not mountains, and waters are not waters. But now that I have got its very substance I am at rest. For it's just that I see mountains once again as mountains, and waters once again as waters.”
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“Don't let's go to the dogs tonight, For mother will be there.”
Source : She-Shanties (1926) "Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight"
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“I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.”
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Source : Adam Rapp (2010). “Punkzilla”, p.2, Candlewick Press
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Source : Shropshire Lad (1896) no. 54
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Source : Abram Joseph Ryan, John Moran (1896). “Poems ...”
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