“I am humility, nothing more and nothing less. I am one blade of grass in a sea of grass. I am one wave in an endless ocean of waves. I am one glowing star in a galaxy of stars.” StarsSeaHumilityBuddhismBalanceOceanWaveEndlessGrassGalaxyBladesGlowingBlades Of Grass Author:Frederick Lenz
“I believe a leaf of grass is no less than the journeywork of the stars, And the pismire is equally perfect, and a grain of sand, and the egg of the wren, And the tree toad is a chef-d'oeurve for the highest, And the running blackberry would adorn the parlors of heaven, And the narrowest hinge in my hand puts to scorn all machinery, And the cow crunching with depress'd head surpasses any statue, And a mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels!” BelieveEnoughHandsRunningI BelieveHeavenStarsPerfectTreeHighestMiracleEnvironmentalGrassSandEggsCowsGrainDepressingChefMiceLeafsMachineryStatuesScornHingesInfidelLeaves Of GrassToadsGrains Of SandParlorBlackberriesWrens Author:Walt Whitman
“Where innocent bright-eyes daisies are With blades of grass between, Each daisy stands up like a star Out of a sky of green.” InspirationalEyeStarsNatureSkyGreenInnocentGrassBladesDaisiesBlades Of GrassBright Eyes Author:Christina Rossetti
“In the world's audience hall, the simple blade of grass sits on the same carpet with the sunbeams, and the stars of midnight.” WorldStarsNatureSimpleAudienceGrassHallsMidnightCarpetBladesBlades Of GrassSunbeams Book:Tagore Source: Tagore
“I saw thee in a vision of the night Transfigured; for it seemed that on thy brows The heavens did rest with all their stars, like boughs Laden with blossoms; round thy feet the bright Green waves, like grass, ran rippling, strewn with white Star-fragments of rent petals: wasted vows, And ruined prayers I thought them, such as house In hearts that love and are not loved aright.” HeartNightHouseHeavenStarsPrayerWhiteVisionSawsFeetGreenRoundsWaveTheeGrassRanRuinedFragmentsVowBrowsPetals Author:John Barlas
“When we suddenly awake to the realization that there is no barrier, and never has been, one realizes that one is all things mountains, rivers, grasses, trees, sun, moon, stars, universe are all oneself. There is no longer a division or barrier between myself and others, no longer any feeling of alienation or fear there is nothing apart from oneself and therefore nothing to fear. Realizing this results in true compassion. Other people and things are not seen as apart from oneself but, on the contrary, as one's own body.” PeopleHas BeensFeelingsBodyUniverseStarsRealizingResultsCompassionSunTreeMoonMountainAll ThingsRiversOneselfContraryRealizationGrassAwakeBarriersDivisionAlienationSun Moon Author:Bruce Lee
“The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature. Every day, the sun; and after sunset, night and her stars. Ever the winds blow; ever the grass grows.” MindFirstsNightStarsGrowsNatureEducationSunInfluenceWindImportanceBlowGrassSunset Book:Nature and Other Essays Source: Nature and Other Essays
“[The] whirlwind fife-and-drum of the storm bends the salt marsh grass, disturbs stars in the sky and the star on the steeple; it is a privilege to see so much confusion.” StarsLossSkyPrivilegeStormDisasterConfusionGrassSaltWhirlwindMarshesStars In The SkySteeples Book:Complete Poems Source: Complete Poems
“He rose and turned toward the lights of town. The tidepools bright as smelterpots among the dark rocks where the phosphorescent seacrabs clambered back. Passing through the salt grass he looked back. The horse had not moved. A ship's light winked in the swells. The colt stood against the horse with its head down and the horse was watching, out there past men's knowing, where the stars are drowning and whales ferry their vast souls through the black and seamless sea.” MenSoulLightPastStarsBlackDarkKnowingSeaRocksHorseTownsDown AndMovedRosePassingPassingsShipsGrassSaltDrowningWhalesPassing ThroughSeamlessFerryColts Author:Cormac McCarthy
“The capacity of the mind is broad and huge, like the vast sky. Do not sit with a mind fixed on emptiness. If you do, you will fall into a neutral kind of emptiness. Emptiness includes the sun, moon, stars, and planets, the great earth, mountains and rivers, all trees and grasses, bad people and good people, bad things and good things, heaven and hell; they are all in the midst of emptiness. The emptiness of human nature is also like this.” PeopleIfsMindHumansKindEarthFallHeavenStarsSunHellTreeSkyHuman NaturePlanetsHugeMoonMountainCapacityRiversGood ThingsGrassFixedEmptinessMidstBad ThingsBroadsGood PeopleBad PeopleHeaven And HellSun MoonStars And Planets Book:The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch Source: The Platform Sutra of the Sixth Patriarch