“In studying ourselves, we find the harmony that is our total existence. We do not make harmony. We do not achieve it or gain it. It is there all the time. Here we are, in the midst of this perfect way, and our practice is simply to realize it and then to actualize it in our everyday life.” WayTimeRealizingPerfectExistencePracticeStudyAchieveGainsHarmonyEverydayMidstEveryday Life Book:Zen Meditation in Plain English Source: Zen Meditation in Plain English
“When forced, as it seems, by your environment to be utterly disquieted, return with all speed into your self, staying in discord no longer than you must. By constant recurrence to the harmony, you will gain more command over it.” SelfSeemsEnvironmentReturnGainsHarmonyConstantSpeedCommandStayingOver ItOur EnvironmentDiscordRecurrence Author:Marcus Aurelius
“I would like to say, historically, from the very beginning, our people have time and again expressed the need for people to live in harmony with the creator, the mother earth, fellow man, and respect our brother's vision. In the past and the present, we have been respon-sible for the greatest gains; cultivated foods and medicines; democratic government, and many other areas of concern.” PeopleMenNeedsHas BeensGovernmentEarthPastMotherVisionBrotherGainsAreasConcernHarmonyFellowsMedicineDemocraticCreatorFellow ManMother EarthDemocratic Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“Happiness--a small-scale, endearing, harmonious happiness--surely dwelt here beneath the low-powered lamps in the tiny rooms of these houses. A small-scale happiness and a modest harmony: let a man cry out, let him rage, let him howl with grief with all the power of which he was capable, what more than these could he ever hope to gain in this life?” MenHouseRoomsGriefCryCapableLowsGainsHarmonyRageTinyScalesThis LifeModestLampsHarmoniousHowlEndearing Book:The waiting years Source: The waiting years
“When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in peace they lose in sensibility and significance.” IfsMenEyeRunningPeaceLosesPossibilityGainsHarmonySurpriseSignificanceSensibilityVitality Author:Lewis Mumford