Gilles, 1719, Jean-Antoine Watteau

By amending our mistakes, we get wisdom. By defending our faults, we betray an unsound mind.

Huineng (via aspiritualwarrior)

Solid — like a body — sustained — loved — by the translucent — transparent and transubstantial— 道

“Baikal Zen”: Rocks that have fallen on the ice of Lake Baikal are heated by sunlight and emit infrared rays that melt the ice below. Once the sun is gone, the ice becomes solid again, creating a small support for the rock above.

“But what's puzzling you Is the nature of my game”

Shiva dancing, Pattadakal, Karnataka, photo by Kevin Standage 

“Happiness is a warm gun, mama — Happiness bang, bang, shoot, shoot”

Solon*, by Plutarch

"Some wicked men are rich, some good are poor, We will not change our virtue for their store: Virtue's a thing that none can take away; But money changes owners all the day."

*  Solon (legendary, died 539 B.C.E.) Written 75 A.C.E. by Plutarch Translated by John Dryden