A teacher who establishes rapport with the taught, becomes one with them, learns more from them than he teaches them. If you give me rice, I’ll eat today; if you teach me how to grow rice, I’ll eat every day. A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because … Read more
The journey of a thousand miles starts from beneath your feet. Let there be a small country with few people… Though neighboring communities overlook one another and the crowing of cocks and barking of dogs can be heard, Yet the people there may grow old and die without ever visiting one another. Don’t think you … Read more
Life! Don’t talk to me about life! Many men of course became extremely rich, but this was perfectly natural and nothing to be ashamed of because no one was really poor, at least no one worth speaking of. Lord, lord, lord. Protect me from the consequences of the above prayer. The invention of the scientific … Read more
To know that one knows what one knows, and to know that one doesn’t know what one doesn’t know, there lies true wisdom. The most beautiful sight in the world is a little child going confidently down the road of life after you have shown him the way. To be in one’s own heart in … Read more
Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it. Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many. Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books. Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders. Do … Read more