a drop of water…

Penetrate the heart of just one drop of water, and you will be flooded by a hundred oceans…

~ Mahmud Shabistari

empty mind…

Thoreau got up each morning and walked to the woods as though he had never been where he was going to, so that whatever was there came to him like liquid into an empty glass. Many people taking such a walk would have their heads so full of other ideas that it would be a long time before they were capable of hearing or seeing. Most people are blinded by themselves…

~ John Cage

self note…

being strong…

You never know how strong you are, until being strong is your only choice.

~ Bob Marley

he who blames…

simply beautiful…

The core of beauty is simplicity…

~ Paulo Coelho

in the sea…

In the sea of serenity and purity, I dissolved like salt. Belief, unbelief, conviction, doubt — none remained. A star appeared inside my heart. The seven heavens were lost in its brilliance…

~ Rumi