The boundaries of culture and rainfall never follow survey lines.
The bee is enclosed, and shines preserved in amber, so that it seems enshrined in its own nectar.
Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.
Wine and women bring misery.
Tomorrow's life is too late. Live today.
Can the fish love the fisherman? [Lat. , Piscatorem piscis amare potest?]
Believing hear, what you deserve to hear: Your birthday as my own to me is dear. . . But yours gives most; for mine did only lend Me to the world; yours gave to me a friend.
Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons
Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or hold it & let it be without imposing a word of mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Its essence silently communicates itself to you and reflects your own essence back to you.
There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people will not feel insecure around you.
The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.