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The preachers gave me the creeps; they made me feel that we here at the university were nothing more than a bunch of campers huddled over a dwindling fire, trying to pretend the hungry wolves weren’t just beyond the edge of light.
“The crack in the tea-cup opens
A lane to the land of the dead.”
― As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse
A lane to the land of the dead.”
― As I Walked Out One Evening: Songs, Ballads, Lullabies, Limericks & Other Light Verse
“Would you like an adventure now, or would like to have your tea first?”
― Peter Pan
― Peter Pan
“In zazen, leave your front door and your back door open. Let thoughts come and go. Just don't serve them tea.”
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“After lunch - one short nap:
On waking up - two cups of tea.
Raising my head, I see the sun's light
Once again slanting to the south-west.
Those who are happy regret the shortness of the day;
Those who are sad tire of the year's sloth.
But those whose hearts are devoid of joy or sadness
Just go on living, regardless of 'short' or 'long'.
-After Lunch”
― The dragon book
On waking up - two cups of tea.
Raising my head, I see the sun's light
Once again slanting to the south-west.
Those who are happy regret the shortness of the day;
Those who are sad tire of the year's sloth.
But those whose hearts are devoid of joy or sadness
Just go on living, regardless of 'short' or 'long'.
-After Lunch”
― The dragon book
“In joy or sadness, flowers are our constant friends. We eat, drink, sing, dance, and flirt with them. We wed and christen with flowers. We dare not die without them. We have worshipped with the lily, we have meditated with the lotus, we have charged in battle array with the rose and the chrysanthemum. We have even attempted to speak in the language of flowers. How could we live without them? It frightens one to conceive of a world bereft of their presence.”
― The Book of Tea
― The Book of Tea
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