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“But as long as you think, "I am doing this," or "I have to do this," or "I must attain something special," you are actually not doing anything... when you do not try to do anything special, then you do something. When there is no gaining idea in what you do, then you do something.”
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
― Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind: Informal Talks on Zen Meditation and Practice
“The POSITIVE THINKER sees the INVISIBLE, feels the INTANGIBLE, and achieves the IMPOSSIBLE.”
― My Early Life, 1874-1904
― My Early Life, 1874-1904
“A lot of people are waiting for Martin Luther King or Mahatma Gandhi to come back-but they are gone. We are it. It is up to us. It is up to you.”
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“And when (one with the highest excellence) does not wrangle (about his low position), no one finds fault with him.”
― Tao Te Ching
― Tao Te Ching
“Sorrow is food swallowed too quickly, caught in the throat, making it nearly impossible to breathe.”
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
― Sing, Unburied, Sing
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