Soy Sano Quotes & Sayings

When you are practicing zazen, do not try to stop your thinking. Let it stop by itself. If something comes into your mind, let it come in, and let it go out. It will not stay long. When you try to stop your thinking, it means you are bothered by it. Do not be bothered by anything ... if you are not bothered by the waves, gradually they will become calmer and calmer. — Shunryu Suzuki

The secret of good architecture is having more than meets the eye. — Annabelle Selldorf

Each season is a forerunner of the next, and as the earth revolves, we learn to adjust, and consent to, the alterations. — Faith Baldwin

Sunset is such a sad hour," she said, presently. "If I watch the end of a day - any day - I always feel it's the end of a whole epoch. And the autumn! It might as well be the end of everything," he said. "That's why I hate cold countries, and love the warm ones, where there's no winter, and when night comes you feel an opening up of the life there, instead of a closing down. Don't you feel that? — Paul Bowles

Of course, all of their words for a thousand years could not fill the hole left by his mother, but they could raise a loving fence around it so he didn't keep falling in. — Jerry Spinelli

Every book that is banned is a badge of honor. — Pramoedya Ananta Toer

When I compare myself, my being-myself, with anything else whatever, all things alike, all in the same degree, rebuff me with blank unlikeness. — Gerard Manley Hopkins

Not surprisingly, the place we're most likely to experience testing is exactly where we struggle most to trust God. — Bruce Wilkinson

Elizabeth Taylor has reinvented herself and her image time and time again. The results have often helped redefine modern fashion. — Bo Derek

The past can't touch you or call you back; you are going far away from it with gratitude and wisdom to learn from the future. — Debasish Mridha

Just remember to always be yourself and don't be afraid to speak your mind or to dream out loud — J.A. Redmerski

We're all made the same but then born to change. Which then don't make us the same. — Jonathan Anthony Burkett

It was easy to see that he was clever and well read, but he was also boring. — Hanif Kureishi

And I've learned that letting people get close to you doesn't always lead to pain. Some people are actually worth a risk. — Rachel Harris