From time to time a few essential quotes are worth a pause. Mind and heart can resonate with the wisdom gathered.
Don’t play what’s there, play what’s not there. Miles Davis
I have just three things to teach: Simplicity, patience, compassion.
The three are your greatest treasures. Tao Te Ching
To fill the hour—that is happiness; to fill the hour and leave no crevice for a repentance or an approval. Ralph Waldo Emerson
We must learn to awaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aids, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn. Henry David Thoreau
There is no easy way from the earth to the stars. Seneca
The world is not to be put in order, the world is order incarnate. It is for us to put ourselves in unison with this order. Henry Miller
The trouble is that you think you have time. Zen Master