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“The highest human purpose is always to reinvent and celebrate the sacred.”

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N. Scott Momaday is an American author known for his work 'House Made of Dawn,' which is considered a classic of American literature. His writings often explore the lives and cultures of Native Americans, as well as issues of race and identity. more

“A handful of men working within the Zen sect of Buddhism created gardens in fifteenth-century Japan which were, and still are, far more than merely an aesthetic expression. And what is left of the earlier Mogul gardens in India suggests that their makers were acquainted with what lay behind the flowering of the Sufi movement in High Asia and so sought to add further dimensions to their garden scenes.”

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Author:Russell Page

“An old argument with me is that the true religious force in the world is not the church, but the world itself: the mysterious callings of Nature and our responses.”

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Book:Letters of Wallace Stevens

Source: Letters of Wallace Stevens

“The story of mankind began in a garden and ended in revelations.”

Stories Spirit Religion Spirituality Mankind Garden Revelations

Author:Oscar Wilde

“Our religion keeps reminding us that we aren't just will and thoughts. We're also sand and wind and thunder. Rain. The seasons. All those things. You learn to respect everything because you are everything. If you respect yourself, you respect all things.”

Ifs Spirit Religion Spirituality Wind Rain All Things Seasons Sand Thunder Reminding Respect Yourself

Author:William Least Heat-Moon

“On the holy boughs of the Celestial Tree High up in the heavenly fields, Beyond terrestrial desire My soul-bird a warm nest has built.”

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Author:Hafez

“God, whose love and joy are present everywhere, can't come to visit you unless you aren't there.”

Joy Spirit Religion Spirituality Visits You

Author:Angelus Silesius

“The ancient Poets animated all sensible objects with Gods or Geniuses, calling them by the names and adorning them with the properties of woods, rivers, mountains, lakes, cities, nations, and whatever their enlarged & numerous senses could perceive.”

Source: Delphi Complete Works of William Blake (Illustrated)

“Sure Man was born to meditate on things, And to contemplate the eternal springs Of God and Nature, glory, bliss and pleasure: That life and love might be his eternal treasure.”

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Book:Selected writings of Thomas Traherne

Source: Selected writings of Thomas Traherne

“When a garden is used as a place to pause for thought, that is when a Zen garden comes to life. When you contemplate a garden like this it will form as lasting impression on your heart.”

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Author:Muso Soseki

“.... all blades of grass, wood, and stone, all things are One.”

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Author:Meister Eckhart

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