Then<br>Scale by scale$$$<br>We strip off<br>The delicacy<br>And eat<br>The peaceful mush<br>Of its green heart.

Drink your tea slowly and reverently$$$ as if it is the axis on which the world earth revolves - slowly$$$ evenly$$$ without rushing toward the future.

The source of love is deep in us and we can help others realize a lot of happiness. One word$$$ one action$$$ one thought can reduce another person's suffering and bring that person joy.

The road made wet by the water of August<br>shines like it was cut in full moonlight.

Does he who is always waiting suffer more than he who has never waited for anyone?

Culture is the widening of the mind and of the spirit.

It's my own dream$$$ I dreamt it$$$ I dreamt that my hair was kempt$$$ then I dreamt my true love unkempt it.

My garden will never make me famous.<br/>I'm a horticultural ignoramus.<br/>I can't tell a string-bean from a soybean$$$<br/>or even a girl bean from a boy bean.

People can't concentrate properly on blowing other people to pieces if their minds are poisoned by thoughts suitable to the twenty-fifth of December.

Elephants are useful friends: they have handles on both ends.