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Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.

Eventually, the time of action must come. When this happens, be a winner! Don't settle for mediocre results. Don't try to stay even. Go for it all!

Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.

Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.

Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever.

When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake.

Worry is an addiction that interferes with compassion.

Markings in dry clay disappear
Only when the clay is soft again.
Scars upon the self disappear
Only when one becomes soft within.

Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.

Who you are is always right.

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.

Receive without complaint, Work with fate.

If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.

Muddy water will become clear if allowed to stand undisturbed, and so too will the mind become clear if it is allowed to be still.

Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe.

We must not fall into the trap of waiting so long for the big things that we let numerous small chances slip right by us.

Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.

Keep life simple ... turn toward the divine. It satisfies, it brings knowledge, and it brings joy.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

We may be floating on Tao, but there is nothing wrong with steering. If Tao is like a river, it is certainly good to know where the rocks are.

The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance.

Expression is never helped by suppression.

Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile.

If i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from falsity.

Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.

Use a mirror in difficult times. You will see both cause and resolution.

The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.

There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.

Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.

Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

Once you have seen the face of God, you see the same face on everyone you meet.

You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.

The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?

Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names.

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.

It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.

Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.