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As a bee seeks nectar from all kinds of flowers, seek teachings everywhere.Like a deer that finds a quiet place to graze, seek seclusion to digest all you have gathered.Like a lion, live completely free of all fear. And, finally, like a madman, beyond all limits, go wherever you please.
Chogyal Namkhai Norbu • The Crystal and the Way of Light: Sutra, Tantra, and Dzogchen (Tibetan Buddhist Philosophy)
Wisdom consists of anticipating and preventing avoidable mistakes.
Josh Kaufman • How to Fight a Hydra: Face Your Fears, Pursue Your Ambitions, and Become the Hero You Are Destined to Be
Discerning wisdom is clarity, the willingness to let go of our assumptions and agendas to see more truthfully. It is the willingness to relinquish certain habits, like being a people pleaser or a perpetually defiant rebel, to have a more open, honest perception of a situation.
Sharon Salzberg • Real Change: Mindfulness to Heal Ourselves and the World
HO-SHANG KUNG says, “Others seek the ornamental. Sages seek the simple. Others seek form. Sages seek Virtue. Others study facts and skills. Sages study what is natural. Others learn how to govern the world. Sages learn how to govern themselves and how to uphold the truth of the Way.
Red Pine • Lao-tzu's Taoteching
be careful not to lose yourself in trying to find yourself.
In contemplation as in action, we must distinguish between what may be attained and what is unattainable. Without this, little can be achieved, either in life or in knowledge.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • Maxims and Reflections
Reaching the Frontier of Knowledge:
Learn enough to identify and explore gaps in knowledge.
Embrace and explore strange ideas.
Paul Graham
Voilà le premier devoir de la sagesse et son plus sûr indice : la concordance du langage avec la conduite, et que l'homme soit partout égal et semblable à lui-même.
Sénèque • Sénèque : Oeuvres complètes illustrées (31 titres annotés et complétés) (French Edition)
The purpose of Master Linji’s work is to help us cease all our seeking and come back to ourselves in the present moment. That’s where we can find everything we’re looking for, whether it’s Buddha, perfect understanding, peace, or liberation.