No matter how mundane some action might appear, keep at it long enough and it becomes a contemplative, even meditative act.
“As I was hiking down the mountain woth my pack I turned and I knelt on the trail and said "Thank you, Shack". The I added "Blah" with a little grin, because I knew that shack and that mountain would know what that meant, and turned and went on down the trail back to this world.”
― The Dharma Bums
― The Dharma Bums
“I love mankind, he said, "but I find to my amazement that the more I love mankind as a whole, the less I love man in particular.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“I think the devil doesn't exist, but man has created him, he has created him in his own image and likeness.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“All those Zen Masters throwing young kids in the mud because they can't answer their silly word questions"
"That's because they want them to discover that mud is better than words, boy.”
― The Dharma Bums
"That's because they want them to discover that mud is better than words, boy.”
― The Dharma Bums
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