“The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.”
― Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
― Confucian Analects, The Great Learning & The Doctrine of the Mean
“Anyone who is steady in his determination for the advanced stage of spiritual realization and can equally tolerate the onslaughts of distress and happiness is certainly a person eligible for liberation.”
― The Bhagavad-gita
― The Bhagavad-gita
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