Gary Davis

“Between the desire
And the spasm,
Between the potency
And the existence,
Between the essence
And the descent,
Falls the Shadow.

This is the way the world ends.

from "The Hollow Man”
― T.S. Eliot, The Complete Poems and Plays

“To reteach a thing its loveliness is the nature of metta. Through lovingkindness, everyone & everything can flower again from within.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

“Like water poured from one vessel to another, metta flows freely, taking the shape of each situation without changing its essence.”
― Sharon Salzberg, Lovingkindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness

“If you propose to speak always ask yourself, is it true, is it necessary, is it kind.”
― Rev. James Haldane Stewart