The bells of the Gion monastery in India echo with the warning that all things are impermanent. The blossoms of the sala trees teach us through their hues that what flourishes must fade. The proud do not prevail for long but vanish like a spring night’s dream. In time the mighty, too, succumb: all are dust before the wind. Heike
No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
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Heraclitus
Everything takes time. Bees have to move very fast to stay still.
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David Foster Wallace
That which is impermanent attracts compassion. That which is not provides wisdom. (116)
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Stephen Levine
...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening sky, ready to blink out at any moment.
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Nicholas Sparks
Shapeshifting requires the ability to transcend your attachments, in particular your ego attachments to identity and who you are. If you can get over your attachment to labeling yourself and your cherishing of your identity, you can be virtually anybody. You can slip in and...
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Zeena Schreck
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The bells of the Gion monastery in India echo with the warning that all things are impermanent. The blossoms of the sala trees teach us through their hues that what flourishes must fade. The proud do not prevail for long but vanish like a spring...
