--- title: "1 Things Occur Quotes By Ming-Dao Deng" description: "1 Things Occur quotes by Ming-Dao Deng. Plus more from Ming-Dao Deng and more Things Occur sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/ming-dao-deng-15068_hot-summer_such-is-the-case-with-unseasonable-rain_2020023.jpg" --- > [“Such is the case with unseasonable rain. It is supposed to be hot summer, yet it is a day like midwinter. What is there to do but to accept it? Following cycles does not mean that you can then expect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/such-is-the-case-with-unseasonable-rain-it-is-supposed-to-be-hot/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3db/ming-dao-deng-15068_hot-summer_such-is-the-case-with-unseasonable-rain_2020023.jpg) ## More by Ming-Dao Deng > [Build your life brick upon brick, Live a life of truth, And you will look back on a life of truth. Live a life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/build-your-life-brick-upon-brick-live-a-life-of-truth-and-you-will/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/an-ancient-gnarled-tree-too-fibrous-for-a-logger-s-saw-too-twisted-to/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/rain-scatters-plum-petals-weeping-stains-the-earth-one-can-only-take/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/a-funeral-is-for-those-left-behind-sometimes-one-wonders-if-the/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/it-is-said-that-if-one-chooses-to-pray-to-a-rock-with-enough-devotion/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [if i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.the best actor can divide role from self.the best liar can divide truth from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/if-i-dont-want-to-be-known-i-cannot-be-known-the-best-actor-can/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/give-back-what-you-have-learned-share-your-experience/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Use a mirror in difficult times. You will see both cause and resolution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/use-a-mirror-in-difficult-times-you-will-see-both-cause-and-resolution/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [“Every day passes whether you participate or not.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/every-day-passes-whether-you-participate-or-not/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Self-discipline leads to higher spiritual states only if practiced with under- standing. The clearer the goal, the greater the result.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/self-discipline-leads-to-higher-spiritual-states-only-if-practiced/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/trees-in-winter-lose-their-leaves-some-trees-may-even-fall-during/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [“To be a Taoist, one need not engage in fanatical denial of any part of life, nor does one need to leave family and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/to-be-a-taoist-one-need-not-engage-in-fanatical-denial-of-any-part-of/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/cooperation-with-others-perception-experience-tenacity-know-when-to/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [“Emperors uphold censorship, But extreme repression leads to extreme reaction. Individualists believe in freedom, But extreme expression leads to extreme reaction.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/emperors-uphold-censorship-but-extreme-repression-leads-to-extreme/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) > [A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ming-dao-deng/a-moving-door-hinge-never-corrodes-flowing-water-never-grows-stagnant/) [Ming-Dao Deng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ming-dao-deng/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-occur/ming-dao-deng/#itemlist", "name": "1 Things Occur Quotes By Ming-Dao Deng", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Such is the case with unseasonable rain. It is supposed to be hot summer, yet it is a day like midwinter. What is there to do but to accept it? Following cycles does not mean that you can then expect things to occur with precision and regularity. The actual ways that circumstances develop will always remain beyond complete regimentation. Nature doesn’t act according to human theories. 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