#aproverb — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #aproverb, aggregated by home.social.
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"Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung."
– A Zen proverb
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"Do not speak – unless it improves on silence."
– A Zen proverb
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"Sitting quietly, doing nothing, spring comes, and the grass grows by itself."
– A Zen proverb
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"Still water has no mind to receive the image of the migrating geese."
– A Zen proverb
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"Inspiring others towards happiness brings you happiness."
– A Zen proverb
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"Only when you can be extremely pliable and soft can you be extremely hard and strong."
– A Zen proverb
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"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
– A Zen proverb
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"Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day."
– A Zen proverb
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"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."
– A Zen proverb
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"By yielding… overcome. By bending… remain straight."
– A Zen proverb
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"Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind."
– A Zen proverb
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"If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are."
– A Zen proverb
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"Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water."
– A Zen proverb
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"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."
– A Zen proverb
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"Be master of mind rather than mastered by mind."
– A Zen proverb
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"If you understand, things are just as they are; if you do not understand, things are just as they are."
– A Zen proverb
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"You should sit and meditate for 20 minutes, unless you’re too busy, then you should sit and meditate or an hour."
– A Zen proverb
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"Learning Zen is a phenomenon of gold and dung. Before you learn it, it’s like gold; after you learn it, it’s like dung."
– A Zen proverb
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"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms."
– A Zen proverb
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"Do not speak – unless it improves on silence."
– A Zen proverb
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"When the student is ready, the teacher will appear."
– A Zen proverb
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"The wise adapt themselves to circumstances, as water molds itself to the pitcher."
– A Zen proverb
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"Knowledge is learning something every day. Wisdom is letting go of something every day."
– A Zen proverb
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"No snowflake ever falls in the wrong place."
– A Zen proverb
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"By yielding… overcome. By bending… remain straight."
– A Zen proverb