All action is of the mind 

and the mirror of the mind is the face, 

its index the eyes.

The artist, 

like the god of the creation, 

remains within
or behind
or beyond
or above his handiwork, 

invisible, 

refined out of existence, 

indifferent, 

paring his fingernails.

Nobody can have the consolations of religion or philosophy 

unless he has first experienced their desolations.

Interesting phenomena occur
when two or more rhythmic patterns are combined, 

and these phenomena illustrate very aptly 

the enrichment of information that occurs 

when one description is combined with another.

If you want others to be happy, 

practice compassion. 

If you want to be happy, 

practice compassion.

It will sometimes strike a scientific man 

that the philosophers have been less intent on finding out what the facts are, 

than on inquiring what belief is most in harmony with their system.

Knowledge about life is one thing; 

effective occupation of a place in life, 

with its dynamic currents passing through your being, 

is another.

Compared to what we ought to be, 

we are half awake.

When it comes to atoms, 

language can be used only as in poetry. 

The poet, too, is not nearly so concerned with describing facts 

as with creating images.

It's not what you look at that matters, 

it's what you see.

I sit in my wooden box

and feel the edges damp and rough

the rain that falls upon the roof

is leaking down my back.

Everyone inside their rooms

but no one wants to play

the words with which we made up things

aren't working any more.

An open space where no one lives

we are strangers in this land

In the wet season on a light blue sky

and then no more.

I heard the old wobbly man say

one by one we drop hey hey

and all that’s good will drift away

like the waters down…down…down.

It is the hallmark of any deep truth 

that its negation is also a deep truth.

The world is full of magical things 

patiently waiting 

for our wits to grow sharper.

There are only two ways to live your life. 

One is as though nothing is a miracle. 

The other is as though everything is a miracle.

The important thing is not to stop questioning. 

Curiosity has its own reason for existing.

Do not go where the path may lead, 

go instead where there is no path 

and leave a trail.