Thinking about the New Year and planning ahead, I remembered this great old book
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.
To live only for some future goal is shallow.
It's the sides of the mountain which sustain life, not the top. Here's where things grow.
You climb the mountain in an equilibrium between restlessness and exhaustion. Then, when you're no longer thinking ahead, each footstep isn't just a means to an end
but a unique event in itself.
--Robert M. Pirsig
OK, maybe this is not a cool quote, but it's a classic I just love.
To see a World in a grain of sand,
And Heaven in a wild flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
--William Blake