Junyi

“You tell me there is no fighting or hatred or desire in the Town. That is a beautiful dream, and I do want your happiness. But the absence of fighting or hatred or desire also means the opposites do not exist either. No joy, no communion, no love. Only where there is disillusionment and depression and sorrow does happiness arise; without despair or loss, there is no hope.”
― Haruki Murakami, Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World

“It [tradition] cannot be inherited, and if you want it you must obtain it by great labor.”
― T. S. Eliot

“And the moral of the story is that you don’t remember what happened. What you remember becomes what happened.”
― John Green

“If you love a flower, don’t pick it up.
Because if you pick it up it dies and it ceases to be what you love.
So if you love a flower, let it be.
Love is not about possession.
Love is about appreciation.”
― Osho