An aphorism is nothing else but the slightest
QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON ZEN
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906, American social reformer and women's suffrage leader)
It was we, the people; not we, the white male citizens; nor yet we, the male citizens; but we, the whole people, who formed the Union
Susan B. Anthony (1820-1906, American social reformer and women's suffrage leader)
Let us not wait a moment. Let each of us work to build organizations where everyone can make a contribution... where everybody counts... organizations which will continue to change the world.
Elizabeth Dole
Live and work to make a difference, to make things better, even the smallest things. Give full consideration to the rights and interests of others. No business is successful, even if it flourishes, in a society that does not care for or about its people.
Eugene C. Dorsey
The greatest good a man can do is to cultivate himself in order that he may be of greater use to humanity.
Marshall Field (1834-1906, American merchant)
It doesn't make sense to talk about successful corporations in a society whose schools, hospitals, churches, symphonies, or libraries are deteriorating or closing.
Clifton C. Garvin Jr.
The true courage of civilized nations is readiness for sacrifice in the service of the state, so that the individual counts as only one amongst many. The important thing here is not personal mettle but aligning oneself with the universal.
Georg Hegel (1770-1831, German philosopher)
Every good citizen makes his country's honor his own, and cherishes it not only as precious but as sacred. He is willing to risk his life in its defense and its conscious that he gains protection while he gives it.
Andrew Jackson (1767-1845, American President (7th))
It is not the function of our Government to keep the citizen from falling into error; it is the function of the citizen to keep the Government from falling into error.
Robert H. Jackson (1892-1954, American supreme court justice)
A strict observance of the written laws is doubtless one of the high virtues of a good citizen, but it is not the highest. The laws of necessity, of self-preservation, of saving our country when in danger, are of higher obligation.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826, American President (3rd))
The mind that does not understand is the Buddha. There is no other.
Ma-Tsu
That is what our educational system has to encourage. It has to foster the social goals of living together, and working together, for the common good.
Julius Kambarge Nyerere (1922-, Tanzanian president)
Our citizenship in the United States is our national character. Our citizenship in any particular state is only our local distinction. By the latter we are known at home, by the former to the world. Our great title is AMERICANS -- our inferior one varies with the place.
Thomas Paine (1737-1809, Anglo-American political theorist, writer)
Stand for something; have passion and compassion for something larger than yourself. Care greater and deeper about others.
Jerold Panas
If each person would sweep before his own house, the city would soon be clean.
Polish Proverb (Sayings of Polish origin)
In studying the way, realizing it is hard; once you have realized it, preserving it is hard. When you can preserve it, putting it into practice is hard.
Zen Saying
Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you understand it, it's like gold; after you understand it, it's like dung.
Zen Saying
Let go over a cliff, die completely, and then come back to life -- after that you cannot be deceived.
Zen Saying
One day a student asked Taiga, "What is the most difficult part of painting?" Taiga answered, "The part of the paper where nothing is painted is the most difficult."
Zen Saying
The ultimate Path is without difficulty. Just avoid picking and choosing.
Seng-Ts'an
Every activity of man should add to the intangible values of life as well as to the tangible.
Author Unknown
No thought, no reflection, no analysis, no cultivation, no intention; let it settle itself.
Author Unknown
Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.
Alan W. Watts (1915-1973, British-born American philosopher, author)
Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.
Daniel Webster (1782-1852, American lawyer, statesman)
It approaches neglect if an organization could make an intensive and successful effort to secure major gifts and fails to do so.
Harold D. Wilkins
When you pass through, no one can pin you down, no one can call you back.
Ying-An
There are no mundane things outside of Buddhism, and there is no Buddhism outside of mundane things.
Yuan-Wu
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