Emotions and Feelings

One is a great deal less anxious if one feels perfectly free to be anxious, and the same may be said of guilt.

Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning

I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.

I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.

I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.

When you know that illusion and transformation are no different from birth and death, then you may learn magic

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.

But it is one thing to read about dragons and another to meet them.

Develop flexibility and you will be firm; cultivate yielding and you will be strong.

The contented person finds rest in death, and for the greedy person, death puts an end to his long list of desires.

My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

Let your mind wander in simplicity, blend your spirit with the vastness, follow along with things the way they are, and make no room for personal views - then the world will be governed.

If a branch is too rigid, it will break. Resist, and you will perish. Know how to yield, and you will survive.

As long as some suffer The River Flows Forever As long as there is pain The River Flows Forever As strong as a smile can be The River will Flow Forever

As long as some suffer The River Flows Forever As long as there is pain The River Flows Forever As strong as a smile can be The River will Flow Forever

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

Man suffers only because he takes seriously what the gods made for fun.

To light a candle is to cast a shadow...

I would venture to affirm that a man cannot attain excellence if he satisfy the ignorant and not those of his own craft, and if he be not ‘singular’ or ‘distant,’ or whatever you like to call him.