The notion that we are products of our environment is our greatest sin; we are products of our choices.

Margaret Mead

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The first and the best victory is to conquer self.

I write differently from what I speak, I speak differently from what I think, I think differently from the way I ought to think, and so it all proceeds into deepest darkness.

Zen is not some kind of excitement, but concentration on our usual everyday routine.

What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

What we do now echoes in eternity.

Marcus Aurelius

As my artist's statement explains, my work is utterly incomprehensible and is therefore full of deep significance.

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