I think the real miracle is not to walk either on water or in thin air, but to walk on earth.
–Nhat Hahn
There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.
–Albert Einstein
Commonplace miracle:
That so many commonplace miracles happen…
A miracle, just take a look around:
The world is everywhere.
–Wislawa Szymborska
The world is full of wonders and miracles, but we take our little hand and we cover our eyes and see nothing.
–Baal Shem Tov
People used to say to me, Walt, you re doing miracles for those fellows in the hospital. I wasn’t. I was doing miracles for myself.
–Walt Whitman
Our brain, much less our mind, is forever unknowable, our ultimate creative capacity, for all practical purposes, infinite. The human brain is, in fact, the most complex, highly organized entity in the known universe. Each of us contains, and transcends, every form of matter that has come together since time began: quarks, electrons, protons, neutrons, atoms, molecules, cells, organelles, organs, organ systems, and finally the mysterious organization of all of this into self-aware consciousness itself.
–George Leonard
Do you seek miracles?
listen–go
draw water, hew wood
break stones–
how miraculous!
–Daniel Berrigan
According to Dogen— miracles are such daily activities as fetching water and carrying firewood. Every breath we take is a miracle.But, as we often focus on imperfection, lack, and failure, we become cranky and unhappy. So Dogen’s words can be a good reminder of the miracles of each moment.
–Kazuaki Tanahashi
A mouse is miracle enough to stagger sextillions of infidels.
–Walt Whitman
In my mind there are three things: concentration, loving-kindness, and peace.
–Dipa Ma
