ZEN

One sees great things from the valley
only small things from the peak.
G.K. Chesterton

It is only with the heart
that one can see rightly;
what is essential is invisible to the eye.
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

We are more curious about the meaning of dreams
than about things we see when awake.
Diógenes

Catch the vigorous horse of your mind.
Zen Saying

We shape clay into a pot,
but it is the emptiness inside
that holds whatever we want.
Tao Te Ching

Among the great things which are to be found among us,
the Being of Nothingness is the greatest.
Leonardo da Vinci

Late on the third day, at the very moment when, at sunset, we were making our way through a herd of hippopotamuses, there flashed upon my mind, unforeseen and unsought, the phrase, Reverence of Life".
Albert Schweitzer

Men argue, nature acts.
Voltaire

To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake

A page from a journal of modern experimental physics will be as mysterious to the uninitiated as a Tibetan mandala. Both are records of inquiries into the nature of the universe.
Fritjof Capra

I'm astounded by people who want to "know" the universe when it's hard enough to find your way around Chinatown.
Woody Allen

It is as hard to see one's self as to look backwards without turning around.
Thoreau

The true value of a human being can be found in the degree to which he has attained liberation from the self.
Albert Einstein

The most terrifying thing is to accept oneself completely.
Carl Jung

If you gaze for long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.
Nietzsche

Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
John  Lennon

Lift the stone and you will find me; cleave the wood and I am there.
Jesus

When the way comes to an end, then change - having changed, you pass through.
I Ching

No centro do ponto o abismo
não há como seguir a reta
tampouco retificar.
José Carlos Peliano

(à exceção do último, todos os textos vieram do livro The Little ZEN Companion, David Schiller, Workman Publishing, New York, 1994)