Quote of the day
With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Linji Yixuan
Died: 866
Bio: Linji Yixuan was the founder of the Linji school of Chán Buddhism during Tang Dynasty China.