February 2010
30 posts
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Stopping by Woods on Snowy Evening
Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village, though; He will not see me stopping here To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer To stop without a farmhouse near Between the woods and frozen lake The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake To ask if there is some mistake. The only...
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“Would to heaven that it were enough to rub one’s stomach in order to allay...”
– Diogenes
“The Bible legend tells us that the absence of labor-idleness- was a condition of...”
– Leo Tolstoy
“There is even a giant Cleopatra demon who spurts knife-wielding unbaptized...”
– From the NYT review of the “Dante’s Inferno” videogame.
Go With the Flow
An old Zen kōan: The story of a man who falls into a river just before a high and dangerous waterfall. People standing below watch in fear as the current drags the old man under and over the falls. They are surprised when he swims to shore unharmed. They question the old man, “How did you manage to survive such a high and dangerous fall?” The old man answers in typical Zen fashion, “I accommodated...
