"In this universe we are given two..." - Quote by Mary Oliver

“Tell me about despair, yours, and I will tell you mine”

“The stars began to burn through the sheets of clouds, and there was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own.”

“Attention is the beginning of devotion.”

“The richest gifts we can bestow are the least marketable. We hate the kindness which we understand.”

“I like gifts. I like to give them and I like to get them.”

“When the emperor is crowned or the three dukes are appointed, rather than sending a gift of jade carried by four horses, remain still and offer the Way.”

“In love of home, the love of country has its rise.”

“Men are less hesitant about harming someone who makes himself loved than one who makes himself feared because love is held together by a chain of obligation which, since men are wretched creatures, is broken on every occasion in which their own interests are concerned; but fear is sustained by dread of punishment which will never abandon you.”

“You did not kill the fish only to keep alive and to sell for food, he thought. You killed him for pride and because you are a fisherman. You loved him when he was alive and you loved him after. If you love him, it is not a sin to kill him. Or is it more?”