Sawaki Wonder Quotes & Sayings

Is this Molly?" she asked. Gabby didn't bother to hide her surprise. Living in a small town still took some getting used to. "Yeah. I'm Gabby Holland." "Nice to meet you. I'm Terri, by the way. What a beautiful dog." "Thank you." "We were wondering when you'd get here. You have to get back to work, right?" She grabbed a clipboard. "Let me go ahead and get you set up in a room. You can do the paperwork there. That way, the vet can see you right away. It shouldn't be long. He's almost done." "Great," Gabby said. "I really appreciate — Nicholas Sparks

A person in my position has to restrain himself. — Vin Diesel

No matter how many years you sit doing zazen, you will never become anything special. — Kodo Sawaki

But if the arrow is straight
And the point is slick,
It can pierce through dust no matter how thick.
So I'll make my stand
And remain as I am
And bid farewell and not give a damn. — Bob Dylan

I think I can be competitive. Heck, anybody who can walk to the first tee here has a chance. — Fuzzy Zoeller

To be born as a human being is a rare thing, something to be grateful for. But being born as a human being is worthless if you spend your whole life in a mental hospital. It is worthless if you worry about not having money. It is worthless if you become neurotic because you cannot get a prestigious job. It is worthless if you weep because you lose your girlfriend. — Kodo Sawaki

We have children because we can't remember our own first taste of ambrosia." I can't — Ken Liu

Religion means living your own life, completely fresh and new, without being taken in by anyone. — Kodo Sawaki

Gain is delusion; loss is enlightenment. — Kodo Sawaki

It is not men that interest or disturb me primarily; it is ideas. Ideas live; men die. — Woodrow Wilson

I apparently didn't believe in sleep, either, because I didn't get much of it that night. — Richelle Mead

Anger is a violent emotion, vindictive, and as dangerous to he who is driven by it as to anyone on whom it is turned. — Dean Koontz

You can't even trade a single fart with the next guy. Each and every one of us has to live out his own life. Don't waste time thinking about who's most talented. — Kodo Sawaki

What gets me excited by the process of making art is how unrelated elements get fused, which is a formal process. The content is the easy part. Putting it together in a way that's cohesive is the challenge. — Jordan Wolfson

Satori has no beginning; practice has not end! — Kodo Sawaki

When you lie about yourself, is it to appear closer to or farther away from the middle of the bell curve? — Sheena Iyengar

I don't have any desire to rebel and be something totally different from what I am. — Carly Rae Jepsen

The Fear of failure is the greatest fear of man. Even the fear of death is fear of failing to continue life. — Anup Kochhar

Heaven and Earth give themselves. Air, water, plants, animals, and humans give themselves to each other. It is in this giving-themselves-to-each-other that we actually live. Whether you appreciate it or not, it is true. — Kodo Sawaki

Only a lion can recognize a lion's roar. — Kodo Sawaki

Live the Self that fills the whole Universe. — Kodo Sawaki

'undertow'. It describes ( ... ) how underneath our own everyday lives - the shopping and squabbles and weeding and trips to the vet - there's a sense of being dragged slowly off, not against our will but regardless of it. And fighting the undertow, as children are quick to learn, is not usually the best way of getting back to the beach. Floating along with it, on the other hand, can be fatal.
It's really the struggle, the argument with oneself, that interests ... — Robert Dessaix

We stop the one who can't cease from seeking things outside, and practice with our bodies with a posture that seeks absolutely nothing. This is zazen. — Kodo Sawaki

You don't seek the way. The way seeks you. — Kodo Sawaki

Snooty knew measly talked muchly. — Toba Beta

Grace has to be the loveliest word in the English language. It embodies almost every attractive quality we hope to find in others. Grace is a gift of the humble to the humiliated. Grace acknowledges the ugliness of sin by choosing to see beyond it. Grace accepts a person as someone worthy of kindness despite whatever grime or hard-shell casing keeps him or her separated from the rest of the world. Grace is a gift of tender mercy when it makes the least sense. — Charles R. Swindoll