The beginning of the universe is the mother of all things – Lao Tzu, from Tao Te Ching, Verse 52
https://terebess.hu/english/tao/gia.html#Kap52
Cottleston Pie – A.A. Milne
https://singbookswithemily.wordpress.com/2010/08/22/cottleston-pie-a-illustrated-poem-and-singable-too/
In the midst of winter – Albert Camus quote
https://emilylongbrake.com/in-the-midst-of-winter/
A Prayer for My Daughter – William Butler Yeats
https://poets.org/poem/prayer-my-daughter
The owner of the field – Issa
https://intrinsicheart.com/bursts-of-zen-and-tao/
In the Dao – Li Hongzhi
https://en.falundafa.org/eng/hongyin/v3/hy.htm#2
The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences – Excerpt from Hsin Hsin Ming
https://jamreilly.tumblr.com/post/317908473/hsin-hsin-ming (portion read)
Full text, translated by Richard C. Clarke: https://www.selfdiscoveryportal.com/cmSengTsan.htm
The Gate – Marie Howe
http://5thingsilearnedtoday.com/blog/2012/10/12/potd-the-gate-by-marie-howe
Zazen on Ching-t’ing Mountain – Li Po (Li Bai)
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48711/zazen-on-ching-ting-mountain
Art by Ola Pisarenko
