Whenever I catch a frog's eye I am aware of this, but I do not find it depressing. I stand quite still and try hard not to move or lift a hand since it would only frighten him. And standing thus it finally comes to me that this is the most enormous extension of vision of which life is capable: the projection of itself into other lives. This is the lonely, magnificent power of humanity. It is, far more than any spatial adventure, the supreme epitome of the reaching out.
~~Loren Eiseley
There flashed upon my mind the phrase 'Reverence for Life'.... Man's ethics must not end with man, but should extend to the universe. He must regain the consciousness of the great chain of life from which he cannot be separated. He must understand that all creation has its value.... Life should only be negated when it is for a higher value and purpose -- not merely in selfish or thoughtless actions. What then results for man is not only a deepening of relationships, but a widening of relationships.
~~Albert Schweitzer
Hope deferred maketh the heart sick.
~~Proverbs 13:12
What is the way? In a dead tree, the dragon sings.
~~Zen Mondo
We would rather be ruined than changed,
We would rather die in our dread
Than climb the cross of the moment
And let our illusions die.
~~W.H. Auden
What, at this moment, is lacking?
~~Lin-Chi
Losing an illusion makes you wiser than finding a truth.
~~Ludwig Borne
We all want to be famous people, and the moment we want to be something, we are no longer free.
~~J. Krishnamurti
In a corrupt age, when prayers are not answered, that itself is the answer.
~~Muso Kokushi
