The command to be free is a double bind
"One impulse from a vernal wood
Life is divided into three terms - that which was, which is, and which will be. Let us learn from the past to profit by the present, and from the present, to live better in the future.
And suddenly all your troubles melt away, all your worries are gone, and it is for no reason other than the look in your partner's eyes. Yes, sometimes life and love really is that simple.
Strongest minds are often those whom the noisy world hears least.
Come grow old with me. The best is yet to be.
That best portion of a man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.
During the rests - pray.
That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.
I didn't know love felt like this, like turning into brightness.
Zen is not interested in high-flown statements; it wants its pupil to bite his apple and not discuss it.