John Lithgow - Joe Huxley

Ben Jonson, The Sad Shepherd: or, A Tale of Robin Hood (1641) act 2, sc. 5

The doctrines of grace humble man without degrading him and exalt him without inflating him.

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Yet you must not cling to the words of the old sages either; they, too, may not be right. Even if you believe them, you should be alert so that, in the event that something superior comes along, you may follow that.

Think with your whole body.

Rahula, develop meditation that is like water. ... Just as people wash clean things and dirty things, excrement, urine, spittle, pus, and blood in water, and the water is not horrified, humiliated, and disgusted because of that, so too, Rahula, develop meditation that is like water.

Every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

Wabinureba
Mi wo ukigusa no
Ne wo taete
Sasou mizu araba
Inamu to zo omou

Venerable Svasti and the young buffalo boys were rivers that flowed from that source. Wherever the rivers flowed, the Buddha would be there.

Pain is very visceral, particularly to the people who are hurting.

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Michael Gaston - Gray Anderson

Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar - Middle Latika

I thought all little girls liked to be tickled.

This is a human form in which every Divine entity, every Divine principle, that is to say, all the names and forms ascribed by man to God, are manifest... You are very fortunate that you have the chance to experiences the bliss of the vision of the form, which is the form of all gods, now, in this life itself.