I don't want to get involved in the culture war. Religion's iffy.
Pursue not the outer entanglements; Dwell not in the inner void; Be serene in the oneness of things; And dualism vanishes by itself.
If you want to realize the truth, don't be for or against. The struggle between good and evil is the primal disease of the mind.
Stop talking, stop thinking, and there is nothing you will not understand. Return to the root and you will find Meaning.
The two exist because of the One, But hold not even to this One; When the one Consciousness -is not disturbed, The ten thousand things offer no offence.
To follow the path look to the master follow the master walk with the master see through the master become the master.
To live in the Great Way is neither easy nor difficult, but those with limited views are fearful and irresolute: the faster they hurry, the slower they go, and clinging cannot be limited: even to be attached to the idea of enlightenment is to go astray. Just let things be in their own way and there will be neither coming nor going. Obey the nature of things (your own nature), and you will walk freely and undisturbed.
The qualities all in a bee that we meet, In an epigram never should fail; The body should always be little and sweet, And a sting should be felt in its tail.
The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision. That is why I have not put in, or have cut out, practically all references to anything like 'religion', to cults or practices, in the imaginary world. For the religious element is absorbed into the story and the symbolism.
We created a new democratic Croatia,. . . The HDZ is the strongest party in Croatia, and it achieved this not because of us politicians but because of you, the people of Croatia.
I'm hopeful that after Iraq, those in charge will think twice about taking us down that route again.