Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible
Quietly they moved down the calm and sacred river that had come down to earth so that its waters might flow over the ashes of those long dead, and that would continue to flow long after the human race had, through hatred and knowledge, burned itself out.
Those who read books cannot understand the teachings and, what’s more, may even go astray. But those who try to observe the things going on in the mind, and always take that which is true in their own minds as their standard; never get muddled.
If you seek to understand the whole universe you will understand nothing at all but seek to understand yourself and you will understand the whole universe.
