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A quote from Gandhi graces the inside of the brochure, “You must be the change you want to see in the world.”
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“The most important lesson he taught me was that there was no one singular perspective on things or emotions in the universe—no one way of comprehending truth.”
― Pearl of China
― Pearl of China
“The Master said, 'Can men refuse to assent to the words of strict admonition? But it is reforming the conduct because of them which is valuable. Can men refuse to be pleased with words of gentle advice? But it is unfolding their aim which is valuable. If a man be pleased with these words, but does not unfold their aim, and assents to those, but does not reform his conduct, I can really do nothing with him.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“The day I was engaged to be married, I was fourteen. I had no say in the decision. The town’s matchmaker told Papa, “The only medicine that will help your mother regain her health will be news of Willow’s marriage.”
― Pearl of China
― Pearl of China
“Hope’ is the thing with feathers – That perches in the soul – And sings the tune without the words – And never stops – at all –”
― The Lost Bookshop
― The Lost Bookshop
“The Master said, 'Respectfulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes laborious bustle; carefulness, without the rules of propriety, becomes timidity; boldness, without the rules of propriety, becomes insubordination; straightforwardness, without the rules of propriety, becomes rudeness.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
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