Through the empowerment of the Three Mysteries (body, speech, mind), buddhahood manifests with great swiftness.

Exoteric medicines sweep away dust; the mantra opens the treasure-house.

Birth after birth, the beginning of life remains dark; death after death, the end of death remains obscure.

People seek retreats in the country, by the sea, in the mountains — but you can retire into yourself whenever you choose.

-- Marcus Aurelius

All art is erotic.

-- Gustav Klimt

A landscape must breathe.

-- Sesshū Tōyō

The unexamined life is not worth living.

-- Socrates

Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power.

-- Laozi

Nature repeats itself, but never exactly.

-- Ogata Kōrin