Ming-Dao Deng Quotes

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• Some Warriors look fierce, but are mild. Some seem timid, but are vicious. Look beyond appearances; position yourself for the advantage.
• Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.
• Give back what you have learned. Share your experience.
• A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards…
• When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting…
• A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for…
• A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.
• Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.
• The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?
• Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.
• Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves…
• Once we make our decision, all things will come to us. Auspicious signs are not a superstition, but a confirmation. They are a response.
• An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger's saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter's square, Outlasts the whole forest.
• There is no language of the holy. The sacred lies in the ordinary.
• Trees in winter lose their leaves. Some trees may even fall during storms, but most stand patiently and bear their fortune.
• It is said that if one chooses to pray to a rock with enough devotion, even that rock will come alive.
• Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile.
• The follower of Tao is always flexible and adaptable to circumstance.
• 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…
• Those truly linked don't need correspondence. When they meet again after many years apart, Their friendship is as true as ever.

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