Quotes by Sky But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to hear it. Diana Gabaldon skymentwo Look at your feet. You are standing in the sky. When we think of the sky, we tend to look up, but the sky actually begins at the earth. We walk through it, yell into it, rake leaves, wash the dog, and drive cars in it. We breathe it deep within us. With every breath, we inhale millions of molecules of sky, heat them briefly, and then exhale them back into the world. Diane Ackerman dogskythinking We humans are obsessed with lights...Perhaps it is our way of hurling the constellations back at the sky. Diane Ackerman lightskyway If we allow our thoughts to arise and dissolve by themselves, Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche leavingskybird Oh, 1994, April 27. There won't be a day like that ever again. I mean, the sky was blue, with a blueness that had never been there before. Desmond Tutu skybluemean To go beyond samsara and nirvana, we will need Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche compassionskywings Examine the nature of hatred; you will find that it is no more than a thought. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche hatredskyclouds Once you have the View, although the delusory perceptions of samsara may arise in your mind, you will be like the sky; when a rainbow appears in front of it, it’s not particularly flattered, and when the clouds appear, it’s not particularly disappointed either. There is a deep sense of contentment. You chuckle from inside as you see the facade of samsara and nirvana; the View will keep you constantly amused, with a little inner smile bubbling away all the time. Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche viewsskyclouds We were trying to get all of the planes down out of the sky. And we watched as the towers of the World Trade Center collapsed - something no one expected and anticipated. And you could sit there and see and be aware that thousands of people were at that moment being killed as a result of the terrorist attacks that struck the United States. Dick Cheney skytryingpeople I fear, the inevitable conclusion we must all come to is, that in the world happiness is quite indefinable. We can no more grasp it than we can grasp the sun in the sky or the moon in the water. We can feel it interpenetrating our whole being with warmth and strength; we can see it in a pale reflection shining elsewhere; or in its total absence, we, walking in darkness, learn to appreciate what it is by what it is not. Dinah Maria Murlock Craik moonreflectionsky Down in the deep, up in the sky , I see them always, far or nigh, And I shall see them till I die The old familiar faces. Dinah Maria Murlock Craik familiarfacessky The whole moon and the entire sky are reflected in one dewdrop on the grass. Dogen moonskyrelaxation One can never be bored by powder skiing because it is a special gift of the relationship between earth and sky. It only comes in sufficient amounts in particular places, at certain times on this earth; it lasts only a limited amount of time before sun and wind changes it. People devote their whole lives to it for the pleasure of being so purely played by gravity and snow. Dolores LaChapelle skywindpeople Because I'm from Manchester I'm always looking for a bit of blue sky wherever I can find it. Dom Thomas manchesterskyblue Rose doesn’t like the flat country, but I always did – flat country seems to give the sky such a chance. Dodie Smith skygivingcountry The true person is Dogen colorskyblue A fish swims in the ocean, and no matter how far it swims there is no end to the water. A bird flies in the sky, and no matter how far it flies there is no end to the air. However the fish and the bird have never left their elements. Thus each of them totally covers its full range, and each of them totally experiences its realm... Know that water is life and air is life. The bird is life and the fish is life. Life must be the bird and life must be the fish... practice, enlightenment and people are like this. Dogen oceanpracticesky The coming and going of birth and death is a painting. Unsurpassed enlightenment is a painting. The entire phenomenal universe and the empty sky are nothing but a painting. Dogen enlightenmentpaintingsky Realization doesn't destroy the individual any more than the reflection of the moon breaks a drop of water. A drop of water can reflect the whole sky. Dogen moonreflectionsky Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die. Don McLean dreamskyphilosophy«1819202122232425262728»
