Be
not rash with thy mouth, and let not thine heart be hasty to utter anything
before God: for God is in heaven, and thou upon earth: therefore let thy words
be few.
For
the soft and gentle will overcome the hard and powerful.
Lao Tsu (6-th century BC) "Tao Te Ching" in translation of Tolbert McCarroll
Those
who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
Lao Tsu (6-th century BC) "Tao Te Ching" in translation of Tolbert McCarroll
Close
your eyes and you will see clearly. Cease to listen and you will
hear truth. Be silent and your heart will sing. Seek no contacts and
you will find union. Be still and you will move forward on the tide of the
spirit. Be gentle and you will need no strength. Be patient and you
will achieve all things. Be humble and you will remain entire.
Ye
suffer from yourselves. None else compels. None other holds you
that ye live and die, And whirl upon the wheel, and hug and kiss. It's
spokes of agony, it's tire of tears, it's nave of nothingness.
Whatever
is material shape, past, future, present, subjective or objective,
gross or subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near all material
shape should be seen by perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This
is not mine, this I am not, this is not my self."
Whatever
is feeling, whatever is perception, whatever are habitual tendencies, whatever
is consciousness, past, future, present, subjective or objective, gross or
subtle, mean or excellent, whether it is far or near all should be seen by
perfect intuitive wisdom as it really is: "This is not mine, this I am
not, this is not my self."
Just
as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good
deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely
through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance
of virtue.
On
life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom
is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If
a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
He
who wherever he goes is attached to no person and to no place by ties of
flesh; who accepts good and evil alike, neither welcoming the one nor
shrinking from the other take it that such a one has attained Perfection.
Give
not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls
before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again
and rend you.
Ignorant
people see life as either existence or non-existence, but wise men
see it beyond both existence and non-existence to something that transcends
them both; this is an observation of the Middle Way.
A
physician is not angry at the intemperance of a mad patient, nor does he
take it ill to be railed at by a man in fever. Just so should a wise man
treat all mankind, as a physician does his patient, and look upon them only as
sick and extravagant.
Wisdom
allows nothing to be good that will not be so forever; no man to be
happy but he that needs no other happiness than what he has within himself; no
man to be great or powerful that is not master of himself.
Wisdom
does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of
mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk;
and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Externally
keep yourself away from all relationships, and internally have no
pantings in your heart; when your mind is like unto a straight-standing wall,
you may enter into the Path.
Wisdom
is nothing but a preparation of the soul, a capacity, a secret art of
thinking, feeling and breathing thoughts of unity at every moment of life.
Besides
the noble art of getting things done, there is the noble art of
leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of
non-essentials.
To
every man is given the key to the gates of heaven; the same key opens the
gates of hell.
Richard Feynman (19181988) "The Value of Science", 1955 In a Buddhist temple there [Honolulu], the man in charge explained a little bit about the Buddhist religion for tourists, and then ended his talk by telling them he had something to say to them that they would never forget and I have never forgotten it. It was a proverb of the Buddhist religion.
The
stupid neither forgive nor forget, the naive forgive and forget, the wise
forgive but do not forget.