"Ambition has one heel nailed in well, though she stretch her fingers to touch the heavens."
Ambition has one heel nailed in well
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Difficult Things
"All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small."
Scholar
"A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar."
Leader
"A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves."
Good Traveler
"A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving."
Flowering of Love
"The flowering of love is meditation."
Order is Virtue
"Order is virtue. And order isn’t a thing to be cultivated; you can’t say 'I will be orderly', 'I will do this and I won’t do that'—then you are merely disciplining yourself, becoming more and more rigid, mechanical. Such a mind is totally incapable of coming upon...
Freedom from the Desire
"Freedom from the desire for an answer is essential to the understanding of a problem."
Remaining Unconscious
"So let us decide whether you want a shelter, a safety zone, which will no longer yield conflict, whether you want to escape from the present conflict to enter a condition in which there shall be no conflict; or whether you are unaware, unconscious of this conflict in...
The End
"The end is the beginning of all things, suppressed and hidden, awaiting to be released through the rhythm of pain and pleasure."