Prefer to be defeated in the presence of the wise than to excel among fools. - Dogen -
Progress is not a matter of near or far. - Shih -T'ou -
In the land of the river,
Faintly stirring, the gentle breeze of spring.
Far away, deep among the blossoms,
The partridge sings.
Asending the falls,
The carp became a dragon,
Yet still, by night,
Fools fish for him below. - Setcho's Verse; Hogan's "You AreEcho"