Freedom

“If we did not travel the world, we would not know what anchors our spirit and emotions. But once we have traveled, we find that it never left our inner selves.”

“Today's sunlight is just right — not cold, not hot, like a gentle word.”

“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.”

“A light exists in Spring — Not present on the Year — At any other period —”

“I measure every Grief I meet — With narrow, probing, eyes — I wonder if It weighs like Mine — Or has an Easier size —”

“I dwell in Possibility — A fairer House than Prose —”

“Some keep the Sabbath going to Church — I keep it, staying at Home — With a Bobolink for a Chorister — And an Orchard, for a Dome —”

“Because I could not stop for Death — He kindly stopped for me —”

“Sunshine is warm, breeze is gentle — today is perfect for a stroll.”

“The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough.”

“Find a shady spot, sit down, space out — that's the perfect summer day.”

“Love liberates the soul from the cage of self-enclosure.”

“Walk slowly, look carefully — the scenery along the way is also the destination.”

“Your smile is beautiful — warm like summer sunshine.”

“Eating watermelon with your favorite people — that's the perfect summer night.”

“The great river flows east, its waves washing away all the heroes of ages past.”

“This old man lets loose a young man's wild spirit — left hand leading the hound, right arm bearing the hawk.”

“Having examined every cold branch, the lone goose refuses to perch — the lonely sandbar is cold.”

“From now on, I shall vanish in a small boat — entrusting the rest of my life to rivers and seas.”

“Bamboo staff and straw sandals — lighter than a horse. Who is afraid? A straw cloak in the misty rain, and I let life unfold.”

“I live in this world — not to live up to your expectations.”

“Love that does not come down to earth — to dressing, eating, sleeping, counting money — will not last.”

“Be a free person — read some books, take some journeys.”

“When the heart has no place to rest, everywhere is wandering.”

“Everyone should have at least one dream, one reason to be strong.”

“Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.'”

“We measure people according to our love for them.”

“I can resist everything except temptation.”

“To love oneself is the beginning of a lifelong romance.”

“Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation.”

“There is only one thing in the world worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about.”

“There are only two tragedies in life: one is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.”

“While there is life, there is hope.”

“I have arrived. I am home. In the here, in the now. I am solid. I am free.”

“Keep smiling — even winter feels warm then.”

“You are not a drop in the ocean. You are the entire ocean in a drop.”

“Let silence take you to the core of life.”

“Don't stand at the edge of the water and gaze. Step into the river.”

“Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I'll meet you there.”

“Die, then, in love — and the soul will be set free.”