“Love is a present activity only. The man who does not manifest love in the present has not love.” Popova on Tolstoy and Thich Nhat Hahn.
“You see, I am alive, I am alive
I stand in good relation to the earth
I stand in good relation to the gods
I stand in good relation to all that is beautiful
N. Scott Momaday, “The Delight Song of Tsoai-talee”