“Monks congregate like dogs in a kennel, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge, Is one the course of the wind, is one the water of the sea? Is one the spark of the fire, of unrestrainable tumult? Monks congregate like wolves, From contact with their superiors they acquire knowledge. They know not when the deep night and dawn divide. Nor what is the course of the wind, or who agitates it, In what place it dies away, on what land it roars.” KnowsNightDiesCoursesWaterFireSeaLandDogWindSuperiorsContactDawnAcquireDividesSparksMonkTumultAgitate Author:Taliesin
“The step between prudence and paranoia is short and steep. Prudence wears a seat belt. Paranoia avoids cars. Prudence washes with soap. Paranoia avoids human contact. Prudence saves for old age. Paranoia hoards even trash. Prudence prepares and plans, paranoia panics. Prudence calculates the risk and takes the plunge. Paranoia never enters the water.” HumansAgeWaterStepsPlansRiskCarOld AgeContactSeatsPanicTrashBeltsPrudenceSoapParanoiaPlungeSteepSeat Belts Author:Max Lucado
“Before sight and sound hijacked our attention, we shared with all life a sort of common sense, a chemical sense that depended on direct contact with matter in the water or the air.” MatterSoundWaterCommonAttentionAirDirectSightCommon SenseContactChemicalsSight And Sound Book:Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell Source: Jacobson's Organ: And the Remarkable Nature of Smell
“Silence is essential for deep transformation. It allows the practice of conscious breathing to become deep and effective. Like still water that reflects things as they are, the calming silence helps us to see things more clearly, and therefore, to be in deeper contact with ourselves and those around us.” StillsHelpingWaterSilencePracticeEssentialsConsciousTransformationDeeperContactBreathingSilence IsCalmingStill Waters Author:Nhat Hanh
“It is about a period in aviation which is now gone, but which was probably more interesting than any the future will bring. As time passes, the perfection of machinery tends to insulate man from contact with the elements in which he lives. The 'stratosphere' planes of the future will cross the ocean without any sense of the water below. Like a train tunneling through a mountain, they will be aloof from both the problems and the beauty of the earth's surface.” MenProblemEarthWaterInterestingGonePeriodsMountainElementsOceanCrossesPerfectionTrainSurfaceContactPlanesAviationPredictionsMachineryTime PassesAloofBeauty Of The Earth Author:Charles Lindbergh