“You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?”
Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) Japanese Zen Buddhist master
As quoted in Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin trans. Norman Waddell (2010) p. 179
Source: Boy Meets Girl
“You know the sound of two hands clapping; tell me, what is the sound of one hand?”
Hakuin Ekaku (1686–1769) Japanese Zen Buddhist master
As quoted in Wild Ivy: The Spiritual Autobiography of Zen Master Hakuin trans. Norman Waddell (2010) p. 179
“Don't waste your tremendous voice writing messages in the sand.”
Lorin Morgan-Richards (1975) American poet, cartoonist, and children's writer
Speaking at Bringing the Circle Together.
“I'm the messenger, but I'll tell you what, the message is the right message.”
Donald J. Trump (1946) 45th President of the United States of America
2010s, 2016, August, Speech at rally in Wilmington, North Carolina (August 9, 2016)
Donald Barthelme (1931–1989) American writer, editor, and professor
“Snow White” [play], p. 324.
The Teachings of Don. B: Satires, Parodies, Fables, Illustrated Stories, and Plays of Donald Barthelme (1992)
George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter
By Still Waters (1906)
“Leave a message, don't leave a message. live, die, it's all the same dream.”
Ben Elton book This Other Eden
This Other Eden (1993)
John Mortimer (1923–2009) English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author
Source: Where There's a Will: Thoughts on the Good Life (2003), Ch. 28 : Inventions and the Decline of Language
Keir Starmer (1962) British politician and barrister
Sir Keir Starmer: MPs 'casual' about no-deal Brexit for NI https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-49797636 BBC News (23 September 2019) <br class="br">2019
Caroline Glick (1969) deputy managing editor of the Jerusalem Post
Reprinted in [Live from NY’s 92nd Street Y continues, http://www.vaildaily.com/article/20071007/AE/71007002, Vail Daily, October 7, 2007]
Discussing Mahmoud Ahmadinejad