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Action

2008-03-31T20:41:31Z

It's not enough to be compassionate — you must act, - Dalai Lama

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Fame

2008-03-22T12:09:39Z

Fame increases for the one who stands alert, Mindful, and of pure deeds; Who with due consideration acts, restrained, Who lives dhamma, being aware. - From the Dhammapada Obviously, Buddha lived long before Paris Hilton and her ilk!

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For Jazz

2008-03-22T12:05:02Z

Just as the soft rains fill the streams, pour into the rivers and join together in the oceans, so may the power of every moment of your goodness flow forth to awaken and heal all beings, Those here now, those gone before, those yet to come...

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Ordinary day

2008-03-20T18:57:08Z

The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suspect. - Thomas More

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Awe

2008-03-16T17:07:09Z

Walking along a mountain path I find a sandal-print in the moss, a billowy cloud low on the lake, grasses growing up to a door, a pine tree shimmering green, a brook gurgling along from the mountain, and as I mingle with Truth among the flowers, I...

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Separation

2008-02-12T19:45:27Z

Ever has it been that love knows not its own depth until the hour of separation. - Kahlil Gibran

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Alone

2008-02-02T03:08:05Z

Which of us is not forever a stranger and alone? - Thomas Wolfe

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Seriousness

2008-01-13T13:25:43Z

Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow. - Oscar Wilde

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My religion

2008-01-13T13:14:53Z

My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind. - Albert Einstein

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The voice within

2007-07-17T18:29:43Z

“Do not follow the ideas of others, but learn to listen to the voice within yourself. Your body and mind will become clear and you will realize the unity of all things.” - Dogen

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