"…Living only for the moment, turning our full attention to the pleasures of the moon, the snow, the cherry blossoms and the maple leaves; singing songs, drinking wine, diverting ourselves just floating, floating….refusing to be disheartened, like a gourd floating along with the river current; this is what we call the floating world…” Asai Ryoi, in Ukiyo Monogatari (Tales of the Floating World, 1661)
Monday, January 12, 2009
A quote from Thomas More
...(To) take something from yourself, to give to another, that is humane and gentle and never takes away as much comfort as it brings again. Thomas More
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