Mary

“Suffering is the pain of constraints. An atom of pure delight, no matter how small, can hold it at bay.”
― Raoul Vaneigem, The Revolution of Everyday Life

“The same people who are murdered slowly in the mechanized slaughterhouses of work are also arguing, singing, drinking, dancing, making love, holding the streets, picking up weapons and inventing a new poetry.”
― Raoul Vaneigem

“Nothing in the cry of cicadas suggests they are about to die”
― Sam Hamill, The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets

“It's best to be like water,
nurturing the ten thousand things
without competing,
flowing into places people scorn,
very like the Tao.

Make the earth a dwelling place.
Cultivate the heart and mind.
Practice benevolence.
Stand by your word.
Govern with equity.
Serve skillfully.
Act in a timely way,
without contentiousness,
free of blame.”
― Sam Hamill, Tao Te Ching