Larry

“You don't find time, you make time. Prioritize relative to importance.”
― Brandon Garic Notch, Death Is Only the Beginning: Making Way For the New

“Gaman was a word rooted in Buddhism that meant "enduring the seemingly unbearable with patience and dignity." Ruth had heard her father use it often after they moved to California. And now, after they had endured so much already, here they were, once more forced to gaman.”
― Alan Brennert, Daughter of Moloka'i

“Progress is not achieved by luck or accident, but by working on yourself daily.”
― Magnus Kjøller, The Big Book of Epictetus Quotes

“82. Nothing Exists Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no realization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received." Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry. "If nothing exists," inquired Dokuon, "where did this anger come from?”
― Taka Washi, 122 Zen Koans