What is a Quafaie?


Quafaie (pronounced: kwa FAY) are fantasy creatures that exist in the fantasy writing of Hugh Kemeny, and are created by him. They are primarily in Hugh Kemeny’s Black Phoenix short stories...

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Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Daily Inspiration

The superior man is satisfied and composed; the mean man is always full of distress. 
- Confucius
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 15 Apr 2014


Things that are done,
it is needless to speak about
things that are past,
it is needless to blame.
- Confucius
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 16 Apr 2014

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Once you stop clinging and let things be, you'll be free, even of birth and death. You'll transform everything.
- Bodhidharma
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 12/13 Apr 2014


Ignorance is the night of the mind, but a night without moon and star.
- Confucius
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 14 Apr 2014

Friday, April 11, 2014

Daily Inspiration

To the good I would be good; to the not-good I would also be good, in order to make them good.
- Lao Tzu
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 11 Apr 2014

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Hard to hold down, nimble, alighting wherever it likes: the mind. Its taming is good. The mind well-tamed brings ease.
- Buddha
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 10 Apr 2014

Wednesday, April 9, 2014

Daily Inspiration

As a fletcher whittles and makes straight his arrows, so the master directs his straying thoughts.
- Buddha
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 9 Apr 2014

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Everything has its beauty, 
but not everyone sees it.
- Confucius
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 8 Apr 2014

Monday, April 7, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Iron rusts from disuse; water loses its purity from stagnation... even so does inaction sap the vigor of the mind.
- Leonardo da Vinci
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Mon 7 Apr 2014

Sunday, April 6, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Mastering others is strength.
Mastering yourself is true power.
- Lao Tzu
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Sat/Sun 5/6 Apr 2014

Friday, April 4, 2014

Daily Inspiration

With the realization of one's own potential and self-confidence in one's ability, one can build a better world.
- Dalai Lama
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Fri 4 Apr 2014

Thursday, April 3, 2014

Daily Inspiration

I have three treasures.
Guard and keep them:
The first is deep love,
The second is frugality,
And the third is not to dare to be ahead of the world.

Because of deep love, one is courageous.
Because of frugality, one is generous.
Because of not daring to be ahead of the world, one becomes the leader of the world.

- Lao Tzu
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Thu 3 Apr 2014

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Daily Inspiration

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
- Buddha
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Wed 2 Apr 2014

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Daily Inspiration

They must often change who would be constant in happiness or wisdom.
- Confucius
Zen, 2014 day-at-a-time calendar; Tue 1 Apr 2014