“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.”
― Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
― Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
“Insist on yourself; never imitate. Your own gift you can present every moment with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation; but of the adopted talent of another you have only an extemporaneous half possession. That which each can do best, none but his Maker can teach him.”
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
― Self-Reliance: An Excerpt from Collected Essays, First Series
“We are so accustomed to the comforts of "I cannot", "I do not want to" and "it is too difficult" that we forget to realize when we stop doing things for ourselves and expect others to dance around us, we are not achieving greatness. We have made ourselves weak.”
― Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
― Excuse Me, My Brains Have Stepped Out
“Trust your instincts, and make judgements on what your heart tells you. The heart will not betray you.”
― Fall of Kings
― Fall of Kings
“If you have a good idea, use it so that you will not only accomplish something, but so that you can make room for new ones to flow into you.”
― Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
― Everyday Tao: Living with Balance and Harmony
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