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“The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
“That which is causally dependent is emptiness.
“Heaven and Earth are only names for the same great entity, the Ultimate Source.
“Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
“A single well‑executed plan is worth a thousand unexamined ideas.
“Wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man.
“The most difficult thing in life is to know yourself.
“If you want to strengthen the trunk, you must cut off the branches.
“The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
“Once you have the fish, you can forget the trap.
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
“There is in the worst of fortune the best of chances for a happy change.
“Ignorance is not knowing that all things are like an illusion.
“The greatest is space, for it contains all things.
“It is a general and necessary law of nature to rule wherever one can.
“The little knows nothing of the great.
“Human nature is evil, and its goodness is acquired.
“Let us crown ourselves with roses, let us drink wine.
“Seize the day, put no trust in tomorrow.
“We are disturbed not by what happens to us, but by our thoughts about what happens.