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 by 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 by Tolbert McCarroll
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.
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.
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 (1918–1988) '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.