"Did you measure to attain your height? Did……" — Ming-Dao Deng
"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 for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection."
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33 Quotes by Ming-Dao Deng
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Rain scatters plum petals; Weeping stains the earth. One can only take shelter And wait for clearing.
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A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.
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Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.
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Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.
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