It Ain’t What You Do, It’s What It Does To You

I have not bummed across America
with only a dollar to spare, one pair
of busted Levi’s and a bowie knife.
I have lived with thieves in Manchester.

I have not padded through the Taj Mahal,
barefoot, listening to the space between
each footfall picking up and putting down
its print against the marble floor. But I

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the mind does not decrease

All of you should penetrate your own minds;
do not record my words.
Even if principles as numerous as the sands of the Ganges are spoken of,
the mind does not increase.
And if nothing is said,
the mind does not decrease.
- Ma-tsu (709-788)

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lives of quiet desperation

Most men lead lives of quiet desperation
and go to the grave with the song still in them.
- Henry David Thoreau

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