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“One day, you’ll look back and wish you were as young as you are now. So enjoy it while you can.”
“It may seem difficult at first, but all things are difficult at first.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings
“If you want to awaken all of humanity, then awaken all of yourself. If you want to eliminate the suffering in the world, then eliminate all that is dark and negative in yourself. Truly, the greatest gift you have to give is that of your own self-transformation.” —Wang Fu[10]”
― Flowing Zen: Finding True Healing with Qigong
― Flowing Zen: Finding True Healing with Qigong
“Life is not a problem to be solved, but a mystery to be lived, —THOMAS MERTON”
― Artists Way at Work: Riding the Dragon
― Artists Way at Work: Riding the Dragon
“Love. What was it, really? The desire to possess someone, or the desire to free them?”
― Speaks the Nightbird
― Speaks the Nightbird
“Do not try to become anything. Do not make yourself into anything. Do not be a meditator. Do not become enlightened. When you sit, let it be. What you walk, let it be. Grasp at nothing. Resist nothing. Ajahn Chah”
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Non Fiction Book Club
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