🌙 夜の振り返り

“「How wild it was to let it be」”

“「All of humanitys problems stem from mans inability to sit quietly in a room alone」”

“「All shall be well and all shall be well and all manner of thing shall be well」”

“「He who sits alone, sleeps alone, and walks alone, who is strenuous and subdues himself alone, will find delight in the solitude of the forest.」”

“「In our lives we will inevitably face painful experiences but the suffering that accompanies them is optional」”

“「Every day priests minutely examine the law and endlessly chant complicated sutras before doing that though they should learn how to read the love letters sent by the wind and rain the snow and moon」”

“「Silence is about getting inside what you are doing being in the world not just observing it from outside」”

“「I exist as I am and that is enough in the grand solitude of being」”

“「In the middle of the forest there is an unexpected clearing which can only be found by those who have gotten lost」”

“「The small man builds cages for everyone he knows while the sage who has to duck his head when the moon is low keeps dropping keys all night long for the beautiful rowdy prisoners」”

“「You do not need to leave your room to discover the world」”

“「Be content with what you have rejoice in the way things are when you realize there is nothing lacking the whole world belongs to you」”

“「In a field I am the absence of field this is always the case wherever I am I am what is missing」”

“「In silence there is eloquence stop weaving and see how the pattern improves」”

“「He who does not enjoy solitude will not love freedom.」”

“「The flower does not dream of the bee it blossoms and the bee comes」”

“「The bud stands for all things even for those things that dont flower」”

“「If you are lonely when you are alone you are in bad company」”

“「I am now quite cured of seeking pleasure in society, be it country or town. A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.」”

“「When you lose touch with inner stillness you lose touch with yourself」”

“「Within you there is a stillness and a sanctuary to which you can retreat at any time and be yourself」”

“「Silence is the true teaching it is the perfect teaching it is suited only for the most advanced seeker」”

“「I sometimes think I enjoy suffering but the truth is I would like the sky to be clear yet I also love clouds and rain」”

“「A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction」”

“「For oft when on my couch I lie in vacant or in pensive mood they flash upon that inward eye which is the bliss of solitude」”

“「Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights」”

“「Solitude matters and for some people it is the air that they breathe」”

“「When you rest in quietness and your image of yourself fades and your image of the world fades and your ideas of others fade what is left a luminous empty awareness」”

“「The greatest thing in the world is to know how to belong to oneself」”

“「Silence is the language of God all else is poor translation」”

“「In solitude we find that our life is not diminished but expanded」”

“「All that you touch you change all that you change changes you the only lasting truth is change」”

“「The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated」”

“「We have two lives and the second begins when we realize we only have one best discovered alone」”

“「Settle into solitude as if it were an old friend.」”

“「Settle yourself in solitude and you will come upon Him in yourself.」”

“「Stop seeking and you will find what you are looking for」”

“「Dont ask yourself what the world needs ask what makes you come alive and then go and do that because what the world needs is people who have come alive」”

“「When hungry eat when tired sleep fools may laugh at me but wise men will know what I mean」”

“「We must close our eyes and invoke a new manner of seeing a wakefulness that is the birthright of us all」”

“「It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.」”

“「There are two ways of spreading light to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it」”

“「Whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent」”

“「Silence is not the absence of sound but the absence of self」”

“「In every walk with nature one receives far more than one seeks in solitary communion」”

“「Silence is essential we need silence just as much as we need air just as much as plants need light」”