Anju

“وفي عينيك الحزينتين يبدأ وطن الحلم.”
― بابلو نيرودا, عشرون قصيدة حب وأغنية يائسة

“Tonight I can write the saddest lines
I loved her, and sometimes she loved me too.”
― Pablo Neruda, Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair

“We should work like the rain.The rain just falls. It doesn’t ask, Am I making a nice sound down below? Or, Will the plants be glad to see me? Will they be grateful? The rain just falls, one raindrop after another. Millions and billions of raindrops, only falling.This is the open secret of Zen.”
― Jakusho Kwong Roshi, No Beginning, No End: The Intimate Heart of Zen

“A student, filled with emotion and crying, implored, "Why is there so much suffering?"

Suzuki Roshi replied, "No reason.”
― Shunryu Suzuki, Zen Is Right Here: Teaching Stories and Anecdotes of Shunryu Suzuki, Author of "ZEN Mind, Beginner's Mind"