"Truth, like gold ...."

Truth, like gold, is to be obtained not by its growth, but by washing away from it all that is not gold.

Leo Tolstoy

"The true mystery ...."

The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.

Oscar Wilde

Bird moment

Bird moment:

Just being

"If knowledge and foresight ...."

If knowledge and foresight are too penetrating and deep, unify them with ease and sincerity.

Xunzi

"The important thing is not to stop questioning ...."

The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existence. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery each day.

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Albert Einstein

"If you can be aligned ...."

"If you can be aligned and be tranquil,

Only then can you be stable.

With a stable mind at your core,

With the eyes and ears acute and clear,

And with the four limbs firm and fixed,

You can thereby make a lodging place for the vital essence.

The vital essence: it is the essence of the vital energy.

When the vital energy is guided, it [the vital essence] is

generated,

But when it is generated, there is thought,

When there is thought, there is knowledge,

But when there is knowledge, then you must stop.

Whenever the forms of the mind have excessive knowledge,

You lose your vitality."

"... true grief ...."

“… true grief can be silent yet sorrowful.  True anger may have no outward sign, yet awaken awe.  True affection may not show outwardly by even a smile, yet will elicit a harmonious reciprocation.”