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How Ironic - Ullie Kaye

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 How ironic -  that our highest calling is humility to give quietly to pray behind closed doors to live simply to be like the lilies of the field and the birds of the air, to carry our crosses daily to choose the road less traveled to cherish the ordinary day. The only thing we need to do with wild extravagance- is love.

Sabbath 1999,vii (exc) - Wendell Berry

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 Again I resume the long lesson: how small a thing can be pleasing, how little in this hard world it takes to satisfy the mind and bring it to rest.

Sabbaths 1999,Vll (excerpt) - Wendell Berry

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 Again I resume the long lesson: how small a thing can be pleasing, how little in this hard world it takes to satisfy the mind and bring it to rest.

Searching for the Dharma - Xu Yan

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 You've travelled up ten thousand steps in search of the Dharma. So many long days in the archives, copying, copying, copying. The gravity of the Tang and the profundity of the Sung make heavy baggage. Here! I've picked you a bunch of wildflowers. Their meaning is the same but they're much easier to carry.