"Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result."
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"Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human."
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"The idea that each of us can be directly spiritual is radical. Most religions are based not on teaching adherents to be directly spiritual, but in persuading them to trust in the intercession of ministers or priests. The problem with this approach is that we cannot gain access to spirituality except through the medium of a fallible human being. If we want to see Tao, we need only open our eyes and trust what we see."
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"The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance."
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"It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive."
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"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."
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"Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile."
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"The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?"
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