-Johannes Eckhart-
The more we have the less we own.
When you are thwarted, it is your own attitude that is out of order.
-Carlos Castaneda-
Greed works only in the world of ordinary affairs. To venture into that terrifying loneliness of the unknown, one must have something greater than greed: love. One needs love for life, for intrigue, for mystery. One needs unquenchable curiosity and guts galore.
-Chuang Tzu-
When you're betting for tiles in an archery contest, you shoot with skill. When you're betting for fancy belt buckles, you worry about your aim. And when you're betting for real gold, you're a nervous wreck. Your skill is the same in all three cases--but because one prize means more to you than another, you let outside considerations weigh on your mind. He who looks too hard at the outside gets clumsy on the inside.
Those who know do not speak; those who speak do not know.
-Buddha-
Your work is to discover your work and then with all your heart give yourself to it.
-Confucius-
I am not concerned that I have no place, I am concerned how I may fit myself for one. I am not concerned that I am not known, I seek to be worthy to be known.
When a country is well governed, poverty and a mean condition are things to be ashamed of. When a country is ill governed, riches and honors are things to be ashamed of.
-Ecclesiastes-
In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
-Solomon Ben Judah Ibn Gabirol-
The eye of a needle is not narrow for two friends, but the world is not wide enough for two enemies.
The sage was asked, "How dost thou hide a secret?" He replied, "I make my heart its grave."
It was told to a sage that a certain person had acquired great wealth. He said, "Has he also acquired the days in which to spend it?"