“But this mind isn't somewhere outside the material body of the four elements. Without this mind we can't move. The body has no awareness. Like a plant or a stone, the body has no nature. So how does it move? It's the mind that moves.” MindDoeBodyMovingFourAwarenessMaterialsElementsStonesPlantFour Elements Book:The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma Source: The Zen Teaching of Bodhidharma
“When mountains and waters are painted, blue, green, and red paints are used, strange rocks and wondrous stones are used, the four jewels and the seven treasures are used. Rice-cakes are painted in the same manner. When a person is painted, the four great elements and five skandhas are used.” PersonsUsedWaterFiveFourRocksStrangeMaterialsMountainElementsRedStonesBlueGreenPaintSevenTreasureCakeJewelsRiceWondrousRice Cakes Author:Dogen
“Three or four stones in one firing will all react differently. I try to achieve a balance between those that haven't progressed enough and those about to go too far.” TryingEnoughThreeFourAchieveHavensBalanceStonesFiring Author:Andy Goldsworthy
“What actually happened was that Rolling Stone paid me fifteen hundred dollars for the use of all the drawings - about twenty four of them - and then offered to buy the originals from me, which my agent urged 'was a good move!'. He sold the whole damn treasure trove to Jann Wenner for the princely sum of sixty dollars per drawing. I rue the day I let him convince me.” WholeUseMovingFourHappenedHundredStonesPaidTwentiesOriginalsDollarsDrawingTreasureAgentsDamnConvinceSixtyFifteenRollingRolling StonesRue Author:Ralph Steadman
“China not only fights for her own independence, but also for the liberation of every oppressed nation. For us, the Atlantic Charter and President Roosevelts proclamation of the Four Freedoms for all peoples are corner-stones of our fighting faith.” FightingNationsPresidentFourStonesIndependenceCornersChinaLiberationOppressedCharterProclamationPresident Roosevelt Author:Chiang Kai-shek
“In an interview with Rolling Stone, Senator John Kerry, who is running for president, said that when he voted for the war in Iraq, he didn't expect President Bush to 'f--- it up as badly as he did.' Here's some breaking news, tomorrow former Vice President Al Gore expected to endorse Howard Dean as the Democratic nominee for president of the United States - and you thought John Kerry was using four letter words before! Actually, to John Kerry, Dean is a four letter word.” SaidWarStatesRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesFourTomorrowNewsStonesLettersDemocraticIraqVicesExpectedFormerInterviewsAlsRollingSenatorsPresident BushGoreDeanVice PresidentRolling StonesJohn KerryFour Letter WordsBreaking News Author:Jay Leno