“I have estimated the influence of Reason upon Love and found that it is like that of a raindrop upon the ocean, which makes one little mark upon the water’s face and disappears.”

– Hafiz

Not So Great Minds

…by indartims
“I hope every liberal, broad-minded, and moral person in this world (whether believer or non-believer) would agree on how stupid, ignorant, intolerant and scary the following quotes are…”

Cat Ritual – A Zen Story

When the spiritual teacher and his disciples began their evening meditation, the cat who lived in the monastery made such noise that it distracted them. So the teacher ordered that the cat be tied up during the evening practice. Years later, when the teacher died, the cat continued to be tied up during the meditation session. And when the cat eventually died, another cat was brought to the monastery and tied up. Centuries later, learned descendants of the spiritual teacher wrote scholarly treatises about the religious significance of tying up a cat for meditation practice.

Only a breath divides belief from doubt,
‘Tis muttered breath that makes a man devout,
Yea, death from life only a breath divides–
O haste to drink before that breath is out.

– Omar Khayyam (translated by Richard Le Gallienne)

Christian the lion – Reunion – from “The View”

…oldie but goodie…

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“Drunkards are doomed to hell, so men declare,
Believe it not, ’tis but a foolish scare;
Heaven will be empty as this hand of mine,
If none who love good drink find entrance there”
– Omar Khayyam

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