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“Your mind will take the shape of what you frequently hold in thought, for the human spirit is colored by such impressions.”
― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

“Struggles sharpen skills.”
― Lailah Gifty Akita

“82. Nothing Exists Yamaoka Tesshu, as a young student of Zen, visited one master after another. He called upon Dokuon of Shokoku. Desiring to show his attainment, he said: "The mind, Buddha, and sentient beings, after all, do not exist. The true nature of phenomena is emptiness. There is no realization, no delusion, no sage, no mediocrity. There is no giving and nothing to be received." Dokuon, who was smoking quietly, said nothing. Suddenly he whacked Yamaoka with his bamboo pipe. This made the youth quite angry. "If nothing exists," inquired Dokuon, "where did this anger come from?”
― Taka Washi, 122 Zen Koans

“A fool is known by his speech, and a wise man by silence.”
― Pythagoras