![]() ![]() The masterpiece is ourselves, as we are of the masterpiece.Ħ- True beauty could be discovered only by one who mentally complete the incomplete.ħ- We must know the whole play in order to properly act our parts the conception of totality must never be lost in that of the individual.Ĩ- We are ever brutal to those who love and serve us in silence, but the time may come when, for our cruelty, we shall be deserted by these best friends of ours.ĩ- People are not taught to be really virtuous, but to behave properly.ġ0- Those of us who know not the secret of properly regulating our own existence on this tumultuous sea of foolish troubles we call life are constantly in a state of misery while vainly trying to appear happy and contented. ![]() The tiny incidents of daily routine are as much a commentary of racial ideas as the highest height of philosophy or poetry.Ĥ- We take refuge in pride because we are afraid to tell the truth to ourselves.ĥ- Our mind is the canvas on which artist lay their color, their pigments are our emotions their chiaroscuro the light of joy, the shadow of sadness. Perhaps we reveal ourselves too much in small things because we have so little of the great to conceal. Okakura Kakuzo (1862-1913) Author of The Book of Teaġ- The art of life lies in a constant readjustment to our surroundings.Ģ- Those who cannot feel the littleness of great things in themselves, are apt to overlook the greatness of little things in others.ģ- For life is an expression, our unconscious actions the constant betrayal of our innermost thought. The universe and I came into being together, I and everything therein are One. ![]() Neither is there any longer life than that of a child cut off in infancy, while P'eng Tsu himself died young. Where can I find a man who has forgotten the words?ġ4- Cherish that which is within you, and shut off that which is without, for too much knowledge is a curse.ġ5- Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education.ġ6- Life comes from the Earth and life returns to the Earth.ġ7- There is nothing under the canopy of heaven greater than the tip of birds down in autumn, while the T'ai Mountain is small. When ideas are grasped, the words are forgotten. The foul and rotten may come to be transformed into what is rare and valuable, and the rare and valuable into what.ġ2- Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.ġ3- The purpose of words is to convey ideas. We regard those that are beautiful and rare as valuable, and those that are ugly as foul and rotten. This is the ultimate state.ĩ- Great Wisdom is generous petty wisdom is contentiousġ0- Men honor what lies within the sphere of knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.ġ1- All existing things are really one. Stay centered by accepting whatever you are doing. ![]() Yet, our opinions have no permanence like autumn and winter, they gradually pass away.Ĩ- Flow with whatever may happen and let your mind be free. Now I am wondering, am I a man who dreamt of being a butterfly, or am I a butterfly dreaming that I am a man?ģ- Happiness is in the absence of the striving for happiness.Ĥ- If water derives lucidity from stillness, how much more the faculties of the mind! The mind of the Sage, being in repose, becomes the mirror of the universe, the speculum of all creation.ĥ- Those who realize their follies are not true fools.Ħ- I know the joy of the fishes through my own joy as I go walking along the same river.ħ- We cling to our point of view as though everything depended on it. Native Americans and the Universal Nature of the TaoĬhuang Tzu - (389-286BC) An early interpreter of Taoismġ- You'll always find an answer within the sound of water.Ģ- I dreamed I was a butterfly, flitting around the sky, then I awoke. Along with 50 quotes from Chuang Tzu, Okakura Kakuzo, and Buddha. Consisting of the Dennis Waller Translations of the Hsin Hsin Ming, The Tao Te Ching, and Nargarjuna's Tree of Wisdom. Zen and Tao, A Little Book on Buddhist Though and Meditation is a collection of Buddhist quotes, thoughts, and medittaions from the school of Zen and the Tao. This book is dedicated to Phil Walthall for his support and inspiration part of this publication may be replicated, redistributed, or given away in any form without the prior written consent of the author/publisher or the terms relayed to you herein. ![]()
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