The Great Vessel takes long to complete.
Interpretation
Great undertakings require time and patience to be fully realized.
This quote by Laozi emphasizes the importance of patience and perseverance in achieving significant goals. Just like a large ship that takes a long time to finish, meaningful accomplishments often require sustained effort and time, reminding us that worthwhile outcomes cannot be rushed and are worth the investment of our time and energy.
In practice
In a motivational speech about pursuing long-term goals.
If you understand others you are smart._x000D_ If you understand yourself you are illuminated._x000D_ If you overcome others you are powerful._x000D_ If you overcome yourself you have strength._x000D_ If you know how to be satisfied you are rich._x000D_ If you can act with vigor, you have a will._x000D_ If you don't lose your objectives you can be long-lasting._x000D_ If you die without loss, you are eternal.
When nothing is done, nothing is left undone.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
Knowing others is wisdom, knowing yourself is enlightenment.
In the world there is nothing more submissive and weak than water. Yet for attacking that which is hard and strong nothing can surpass it.
Rule your mind with serenity rather than with force and manipulation.
Admit when you're wrong. Shut up when you're right.
...when we are comfortable and inattentive, we run the risk of committing grave injustices absentmindedly.
When you see the right thing to do, you'd better do it.
Hit a tripwire of smell and memories explode all at once. A complex vision leaps out of the undergrowth.
It is useful to constantly observe, note, and consider.
I’m bored’ is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great, big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.
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