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"Failure is an opportunity. If you blame someone else, there is no end to the blame. Therefore the Master fulfills her own obligations and corrects her own mistakes. She does what she needs to do and demands nothing of others."
"Health is the greatest possession. Contentment is the greatest treasure. Confidence is the greatest friend. Non-being is the greatest joy."
"Fame or integrity: which is more important? Money or happiness: which is more valuable? Success or failure: which is more destructive? If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never truly be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."
"See others as yourself. See families as your family. See towns as your town. See countries as your country. See worlds as your world."
"Yet mystery and imagination arise from the same source. This source is called darkness ... Darkness within darkness, the gateway to all understanding."
"When life begins we are tender and weak When life ends we are stiff and rigid All things, including the grass and trees, are soft and pliable in life and dry in brittle in death So the soft and supple are the companion of life While the stiff and unyielding are the companions of death An army that cannot yield will be defeated A tree that cannot bend will crack in the wind Thus by Nature's own decree the hard and strong are defeated while the soft and gentle are triumphant"
"Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished."
"Loss is not as bad as wanting more."
"Because of a great love, one is courageous."
"Love is of all passions the strongest, for it attacks simultaneously the head, the heart and the senses."
"When the student is ready the teacher will appear."
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."
"The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like a tree in the wind, he has no destination in view and makes use of anything life happens to bring his way."
"Free from desire, you realize the mystery, caught in the desire, you see only the manifestations."
"Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself."
"Music in the soul can be heard by the universe."
"Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream."
"Why are the people starving?- Because their grain is being eaten up by the taxes That's why they're starving Why are people rebellious?- Because those above them meddle in their lives That's why they're rebellious Why do people regard death so lightly?- Because they are so involved with their own living That's why they regard death so lightly In the end, The treasure of life is missed by those who hold on and gained by those who let go"
"If you attach yourself to gross energies - loving this person, hating that clan, rejecting one experience or habitually indulging in another - then you will lead a series of heavy, attached lives. This can go on for a very long and tedious time."
"Be Content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you."