Blogging again Zen.

A flower falls, even though we love it; and a weed grows, even though we do not love it.
—Dōgen

The knife does not cut itself, the finger does not touch itself, the mind does not know itself, the eye does not see itself.
—Zen saying

The philosopher asks himself, "What is your aim in philosophy?" and he answers, "To show the fly the way out of the bottle." And where is he when he has made his escape? He is, it appears, exactly where he started; for philosophy "leaves everything as it is."
—Ludwig Wittgenstein

One doesn't discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
—André Gide

The frog rises to the surface
by the strength
of its non-attachment.
—Joso

There are no holy places and no holy people, only holy moments, only moments of wisdom.
—Jack Kornfield

What is to give light must endure burning.
—Viktor Frankl

(Zen)