By degrees, little by little, from time to time, a wise person should remove his own impurities as a smith removes the dross from silver.
The superior man does not embark upon any affair until he has carefully planned the start.
The gods and demons were rivals of each other. The demons, swollen with pride, said, “In what, pray, should we place the oblation?” And they proceeded to place it in their own mouths.
Whether you’re a gem in the royal court or a stone on the common path, if you accept your part with humility the glory of the universe will be yours.
If we sincerely want to become a liberated person, then we have to be willing to be independent in a world where so few truly think for themselves.
While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.
