“The discontent with the existing order of things pervaded the atmosphere, wherever the conditions were favorable, long before Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America.” LongAmericaOrderFoundDoorsConditionsFrontsSeekingAtmosphereAsiaDiscontentKnockingColumbusFront DoorsBack Doors Book:Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes Source: Essays, English and American: With Introductions and Notes
“A world of little cares is continually arising, which busy or affluent life knows nothing of, to open the first door to distress. Hunger is not among the postponable wants; and a day, even a few hours, in such a condition is often the crisis of a life of ruin.” KnowsWorldWantFirstsLittlesCareHoursDoorsConditionsCrisisBusyHungerTemptationRuinsDistressAffluent Author:Thomas Paine
“A man or a woman is said to be absorbed when the water has total control of him, and he no control of the water. A swimmer moves around willfully. An absorbed being has no will but the water's going. Any word or act is not really personal, but the way the water has of speaking or doing. As when you hear a voice coming out of a wall, and you know that it's not the wall talking, but someone inside, or perhaps someone outside echoing off the wall. Saints are like that. They've achieved the condition of a wall, or a door.” KnowsMenWaySaidMovingVoiceWaterTalkingDoorsConditionsWallSaintComing OutSwimmerOff The Wall Author:Rumi
“To those of my race who depend on bettering their condition in a foreign land or who underestimate the importance of cultivating friendly relations with the Southern white man, who is their next-door neighbor, I would say 'Cast down your bucket where you are.'” MenNextWhiteRaceDoorsLandConditionsDependsImportanceRelationCastsNeighborFriendlyWhere You AreSouthernUnderestimateWhite ManBucketsCultivatingForeign LandsNext Door Neighbors Book:The Booker T. Washington Reader Source: The Booker T. Washington Reader
“For some people, every door opens, and they meet just who they need to meet when they need to meet them, all the conditions come together. For other people, there is one problem after the other, even though they are so sincere. And from a Tibetan point of view, this is because of a lack of merit.” PeopleNeedsProblemTogetherViewsDoorsConditionsPoint Of ViewMeritSincereTibetan Author:Tenzin Palmo