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"Emptiness the starting point. — In order to taste my cup of water you must first empty your cup. My friend, drop all your preconceived and fixed ideas and be neutral. Do you know why this cup is useful? Because it is empty."
"As you think, you shall become"
"Sincere thought means thought of concentration (quiet awareness). The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere"
"Let yourself go with dis-ease, be with it, and keep it company. This is the way to be rid of it."
"The three most difficult things in life are: 1. To keep a secret. 2. To forget an injury. 3. To make good use of leisure."
"Be like water making its way through cracks. Do not be assertive, but adjust to the object, and you shall find a way round or through it. If nothing within you stays rigid, outward things will disclose themselves."
"Remember no man is really defeated unless he is discouraged."
"I wish neither to possess nor to be possessed. I no longer covet 'paradise'. More important, I no longer fear 'hell'. The medicine for my suffering I had within me from the very beginning but I did not take it. My ailment came from within myself, but I did not observe it, until this moment. Now I see that I will never find the light unless, like the candle, I am my own fuel, consuming myself."
"One great cause of failure is lack of concentration."
"Truth comes when your mind and heart are purged of all sense of striving and you are no longer trying to become somebody; it is there when the mind is very quiet, listening timelessly to everything."
"Put 'going the extra mile' to work as part of one's daily habit"
"Be self aware, rather than a repetitious robot"
"Understand your limitations and capitalize on them."
"Love is like a friendship caught on fire."
"One must be truthful and honest in his approach; a constant independent inquiry and not blindly following a certain blue print laid down by others"
"Evaluation by others is not a guide for me."
"The essence of fighting is the art of moving at the right time."
"Out of chaos, find simplicity, From discord, find harmony."
"Let nature take its course and your tools will strike at the right moment."
"To know oneself is to study oneself in action with another person."