“In the wilderness, the soul is separated from the noise of worldly things, and then it is made able to feel the sweetness of God’s love… The busy world knows not this joy.”
-Richard Rolle, The Fire of Love
“Liquid Zen”
“My legacy—
What will it be?
Flowers in spring,
The cuckoo in summer,
And the crimson maples
Of autumn…”
– Ryōkan Taigu
“Then his five senses, separate as their numbers, scatter, like birds, from in front of his steps, And instantly return, like water, To the common Bermuda of the flashing river. “
– Thomas Merton
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