“Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you.” EnoughExpressionMountainLowsRiversWideValleys Author:Marvin Gaye
“What frustrated me was the thought that with three thousand years of history someone in China, some monk in a monastery halfway up a mountain, must have developed a magic kata, a physical expression of formae. Or at least have got close enough to explain all those legendary swordsmen and their inexplicable desire to roost on the tops of bamboo trees.” YearsEnoughDesireThreeMagicTreeExpressionThousandMountainChinaFrustratedThousand YearsMonkHalfwayLegendaryInexplicableMonasteriesBambooRoostSwordsman Book:Broken Homes Source: Broken Homes
“I know you're looking for a ruby in a mountain of rocks, but there ain't no Coupe de Ville hiding at the bottom of a Cracker Jack Box.” KnowsRocksExpressionMountainBottomBoxesHidingRubiesCrackers Author:Meat Loaf
“Mountains and rivers at this very moment are the actualization of the world of the ancient Buddhas. Each, abiding in its phenomenal expression, realizes completeness.” WorldMomentsEarthSpiritReligionSpiritualityRealizingExpressionMountainRiversAncientAbidingPhenomenalCompletenessActualization Author:Dogen
“It is true that the path of human destiny cannot but appal him who surveys a section of it. But he will do well to keep his small personal commentarie to himself, as one does at the sight of the sea or of majestic mountains, unless he knows himself to be called and gifted to give them expression in artistic or prophetic form. In most other cases, the voluminous talk about intuition does nothing but conceal a lack of perspective toward the object, which merits the same judgement as a similar lack of perspective toward men.” KnowsMenGivingHumansWellsDoeFormDestinyCasesPathSeaObjectsExpressionPerspectiveMountainSightIntuitionArtisticJudgementMeritGiftedSectionsSurveysPropheticMajestic Book:The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism Source: The Protestant ethic and the spirit of capitalism