"One who injures living beings is not noble. Once becomes noble through nonviolence to all beings." - The Buddha (Dhammapada)

"Music is part of life, not separate from it, and life itself is musical, with its rhythms, variations on themes, episodes, fugues, counterpoints, cadences, silences, and tonalities. When we listen to music, we are contemplating the very structures and colours that make up our own lives." - Thomas Moore

"Once you understand how the dough becomes bread, you will understand enlightenment." - Shunryu Suzuki Roshi

"The mystery of life is not a problem to be solved, but a reality to be experienced." - G. van der Leeuw

"Do not assert with your mouth what your heart denies." - Teitaro Suzuki and Paul Carus (The Tract of the Quiet Way)

"Living is easy with eyes closed. Misunderstanding all you see." - The Beatles (Strawberry Fields Forever)

"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans" - John Lennon (Beautiful Boy)