"A knight whose heart is set upon..." - Quote by Confucius
A knight whose heart is set upon the Way, but who is ashamed of wearing shabby clothes and eating coarse food, is not worth calling into counsel.
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“A bit of fragrance always clings to the hand that gives roses. If you are generous, you will gain everything.”
“Love makes a spot beautiful: who chooses not to dwell in love, has he got wisdom?”
“The Master said, The case is like that of someone raising a mound. If he stops working, the fact that it perhaps needed only one more basketful makes no difference; I stay where I am. Whereas even if he has not got beyond leveling the ground, but is still at work, the fact that he has only tilted one basketful of earth makes no difference. I go to help him.”
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“Why was it that they could never shout like that about anything that mattered?”
“There is a city in which you find everything you desire-handsome people, pleasures, ornaments of every kind-all that the natural person craves. However, you cannot find a single wise person there.”
“I am simply unable to understand the value placed by so many people upon great wealth.”
More on Authenticity
“I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever inly rejoices me and the heart apoints.”
“For the most part, I do the thing which my own nature prompts me to do. It is embarrassing to earn so much respect and love for it.”
“I will not hide my tastes or aversions. I will so trust that what is deep is holy, that I will do strongly before the sun and moon whatever only rejoices me, and the heart appoints”