An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.
Only when peace lives within each of us, will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile. Like… - Ming-Dao Deng
Only when peace lives within each of us, will it live outside of us. We must be the wombs for a new harmony. When it is small, peace is fragile. Like…
- Ming-Dao Deng
Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response. - Ming-Dao Deng
Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.
The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world. - Ming-Dao Deng
The appreciation of life does not require wealth or plenty. It requires only gratitude for the beauty of the world.
Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us. - Ming-Dao Deng
Whether we remain the ash or become the phoenix is up to us.
Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names. - Ming-Dao Deng
Reject labels. Reject identities. Reject conformity. Reject convention. Reject definitions. Reject names.
You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things. - Ming-Dao Deng
You may be capable of great things, But life consists of small things.
The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it ge… - Ming-Dao Deng
The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it ge…
Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe. - Ming-Dao Deng
Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe.
It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it … - Ming-Dao Deng
It is too facile to say that the way to follow Tao is to simply go along with the flow of life. Sometimes, like the carp, we must know when to go it …
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