CARDS 81-90

Card Nr. 81:

«In the depths of the mirror the evening landscape moved by, the mirror and the reflected figures like motion pictures superimposed one on the other. The figures and the background were unrelated, and yet the figures, transparent and intangible, and the background, dim in the gathering darkness, melted into a sort of symbolic world not of this world.»

Yasunari Kawabata, "The Snow World"


Card Nr. 82:

«To see a World in a grain of sand,
And a Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand,
And Eternity in an hour.»

William Blake, "Auguries of Innocence"


Card Nr. 83:

«O God! can I not save
One from the pitiless wave?
Is all that we see or seem
But a dream within a dream?»

Edgar Allan Poe, "A Dream Within a Dream"


Card Nr. 84:

«Light breaks where no sun shines;
Where no sea runs, the waters of the heart
Push in their tides;
And, broken with ghosts with glow-worms in their heads,
The things of light
File through the flesh where no flesh decks the bones.»

Dylan Thomas, "Light Breaks Where No Sun Shines"


Card Nr. 85:

«You ask me why I live on Green Mountain?
I smile in silence and the quiet mind.
Peach petals blow on mountain streams
To earths and skies beyond Humankind.»

Li Po, "Green Mountain"


Card Nr. 86:

«If anyone injures you,
Serve him nicely.
If anyone persecutes you,
Help him in all possible ways.
You will attain immense strength.
You will control anger and pride.
You will enjoy peace, poise and serenity.
You will become divine.»

Swami Sivananda


Card Nr. 87:

«All the birds have flown up and gone;
A lonely cloud floats leisurely by.
We never tire of looking at each other -
Only the mountain and I.»

Li Po, "Alone Looking At The Mountain"


Card Nr. 88:

«The limit of the unlimited is called 'fullness.'
The limitlessness of the limited is called 'emptiness.'
Tao is the source of both.
But it is itself neither fullness nor emptiness.»

Chuang Tzu, "Letting go of thoughts"


Card Nr. 89:

«We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing.»

Arthur Machen, "The Great God Pan"


Card Nr. 90:

«And death shall have no dominion.
Dead men naked they shall be one
With the man in the wind and the west moon;
When their bones are picked clean and the clean bones gone,
They shall have stars at elbow and foot.»

Dylan Thomas, "And Death Shall Have No Dominion"