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If there were no things to be seen, thought about, and imagined, I would not see, think, or imagine. That is to say, I would not exist.
The function and duty of a human being, a “quality” human being, that is, is the sincere and honest development of potential and self-actualization.
To have in oneself no contraries is the climax of PURITY.
Don’t be a slave to learning. — Learning is important but do not become its slave. Above all, do not harbor anything external and superfluous, the mind is the primary.
The thought of a distracted mind cannot be sincere.
Abstract analysis is not the answer. — There is too much tendency to look inward at one’s own moods, and to try and evaluate them. To stand on the outside and try to look inside is futile; whatever was there will go away. This also applies to a nebulous thing described as “Happiness.” To try to identify it is like turning on a light to look at darkness. Analyze it, and it is gone.
An idea emotionalized becomes physical.
A teacher is a pointer to truth, not a giver of truth
becoming is a denial of being.
Under the heavens there is but one family.
Remember my friend that it is not what happens that counts, it is how you react to them.
Patience is not passive, on the contrary it is concentrated strength.
