Nox

“One may practice zazen for twenty, thirty, even fifty years, and go through failures and frustrations, but every defeat and time of despair is in reality a gain rather than a loss. Any experience is to be regarded as a part of one’s assets.”
― Katsuki Sekida, Zen Training: Methods and Philosophy

“To criticise inequality and to desire equality is not, as is sometimes suggested, to cherish the romantic illusion that men are equal in character and intelligence. It is to hold that, while their natural endowments differ profoundly, it is the mark of a civilised society to aim at eliminating such inequalities as have their source not in individual differences but in (social) organisation. R. H. Tawney1”
― Michael Marmot, The Status Syndrome: How Social Standing Affects Our Health and Longevity

“On the other hand, if you’re just starting out as a writer, you could do worse than strip your television’s electric plug-wire, wrap a spike around it, and then stick it back into the wall.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“She was a Canadian and had all their easy social graces.”
― Anonymous