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Two pennies #387
When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
- Chinese Proverb
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Thanks to:
Randy Wong - Hong Kong - China - rec.:May 29, 2002 - pub.:May 31, 2002 - sent.:Jul 23, 2015
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Dealing with Envy #2273
Men never throw sticks at trees that do not have fruit on them
- Old Chinese Proverb -
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Thanks to:
Mike Swindlehurst - Bournemouth - United Kingdom - rec.:Feb 20, 2004 - pub.:Feb 24, 2004 - sent.:Apr 8, 2013
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True Self #388
A monk can be very gentle, very peaceful, while there are no hard words to assail him, but when hard words are directed at him, it is then that he must be really gentle and peaceful
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Thanks to:
Chris Gardner - Santa Fe Springs - USA. - rec.:May 29, 2002 - pub.:May 31, 2002 - sent.:Jun 18, 2018
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The Value of Reason #453
"The only sovereign you can allow to rule you is reason. Misery, iniquity, and utter destruction lurk in the shadows outside its full light, where half-truths snare the faithful disciples, the deeply feeling believers, the selfless followers. Faith and feelings are the warm marrow of evil. Unlike reason, faith and feelings provide no boundary to limit any delusion, any whim. They are a virulent poison, giving the numbing illusion of moral sanction to every depravity ever hatched. Faith and feelings are the darkness to reason's light. Reason is the very substance of truth itself. The glory that is life is wholly embraced through reason. In rejecting reason, one embraces death."
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Thanks to:
JOE - USA. - rec.:Jun 7, 2002 - pub.:Jun 8, 2002 - sent.:Sep 25, 2009
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