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  • attaining happiness

    I cannot tell if what the world considers ‘happiness’ is happiness or not.

    All I know is that when I consider the way they go about attaining it, I see them carried away headlong, grim and obsessed, in the general onrush of the human herd, unable to stop themselves or to change their direction.

    All the while they claim to be just on the point of attaining happiness.

    – Chuang-tzu.

  • poison zen

    Eyes blinded by three poisons,
    Yet once all ties are cut,
    How restful.
    Wicker hat donned,
    Cane held firm,
    How vast the sky!

    – Ungo (1583-1659)

  • Japanese Proverb

    The reverse side also has a reverse side.

  • Seasons

    Summer at its height
    and snow on the rocks!
    The death of winter
    and the withered tree blossoms!

  • Various

    Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.
    – Helen Keller

    To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
    – Henry David Thoreau

    What we play is life.
    – Louis Armstrong

    I know all one can know when one knows nothing.
    – Marguerite Duras

    Doubt is an uncomfortable condition, but certainty is a ridiculous one.
    – Voltaire

    Stop thinking, and end your problems.
    – Lao-tzu

  • Just some funny sayings .. sort of zennish

    Indecision is the key to flexibility.

    If you find something you like, buy a lifetime supply, because they will stop making it.

    All things being equal, fat people use more soap.

    You can’t tell which way the train went by looking at the track.

    Be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a tough battle too.

    This is as bad as it can get… but don’t bet on it.

    There is no substitute for genuine lack of preparation.

    By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.

    Happiness is merely the remission of pain.

    Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

    Sometimes too much drink is not enough.

  • leave me alone

    Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead.
    Do not walk ahead of me,for I may not follow.
    Do not walk beside me, either; just f**k off and leave me alone.

  • Project management

    Completed my project management training in March 2001

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  • Seasons

    Spring has its hundred flowers,
    Autumn has its many moons.
    Summer has cool winds,
    Winter its snow.
    If useless thoughts do not
    Cloud your mind,
    Each day is the best of your life.

    – Wu-Men-Hui-Kai (1183-1260)

  • My mind remains wide

    My hut settled among neighbors,
    I ignore the noise of horses and carts.
    You ask how I get along –
    My mind remains wide,
    So my place is naturally remote.

    – Tao Yuan Ming (365-427)