Someone who goes with a half a loaf of bread
to a small place that fits like a nest around him,
someone who wants no more, who's not himself
longed for by anyone else,
He is a letter to everyone. You open it.
It says, LIVE.
Quotes about Pettiness
Mevlana Rumi
(1207 - 1273)
Source: Essential Rumi, Page: 64
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No tyranny is so irksome as petty tyranny: the officious demands of policemen, government clerks, and electromechanical gadgets.
Edward Abbey
(1927 - 1989)
Source: A Voice Crying in the Wilderness (Vox Clamantis in Deserto): Notes from a Secret Journal, Page: 22
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The Tao has no place for pettiness, and nor has Virtue. Pettiness is dangerous to Virtue; pettiness is dangerous to the Tao. It is said, rectify yourself and be done.
Chuang Tzu
(c.360 BC - c. 275 BC)
Source: The Book of Chuang Tzu (Arkana S.), Page: 135
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