Hisamatsu Zen Quotes & Sayings

That's a bit like asking a man crawling across the Sahara whether he would prefer Perrier or Malvern water. — Alan Bennett

It was always a thrill for me, getting out of the cocoon and wandering. I'd let the wind wrap around me like fire and slip into the unknown with a moment's hesitation. — Corey Taylor

The first principal of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating. — Mahatma Gandhi

I don't know how to get bored. I need to learn to rest. — Tahar Rahim

Behind every creative act is a statement of love. Every artistic creation is a statement of gratitude. — Kilroy J. Oldster

Things are currently the other way around in [Vladimir] Putin's realm. But it won't stay that way forever. — Garry Kasparov

Why are you studying Italian? So that - just in case Italy ever invades Ethiopia again, and is actually successful this time - you can brag about knowing a language that's spoken in two whole countries?
But I loved it. Every word was a singing sparrow, a magic trick, a truffle for me. I would slosh home through the rain after class, draw a hot bath, and lie there in the bubbles reading the Italian dictionary aloud to myself, taking my mind off my divorce pressures and my heartache. The words made me laugh in delight. I started referring to my cell phone as il mio telefonino ("my teensy little telephone") I became one of those annoying people who always say Ciao! Only I was extra annoying, since I would always explain where the word ciao comes from. — Elizabeth Gilbert

That imminence of a revelation that is not yet produced, is perhaps the aesthetic reality. — Jorge Luis Borges

My family moved from California to New Jersey in the beginning of my sophomore year of high school. I will never forget the first day in a new school, walking into the cafeteria during lunch and not knowing a single soul. I didn't feel confident enough to share a seat at just anyone's table. — Camille Guaty

Defiance: I see a little girl in pretend armour, fighting off all the things she doesn't want to be. Well — Nina George