All rising to great places is by a winding stair.
As an irrigator guides water to his fields, as an archer aims an arrow, as a carpenter carves wood, the wise shape their lives.
Before enlightenment; chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment; chop wood, carry water.
Purity or impurity depends on oneself, no one can purify another.
Follow the way of virtue. Follow the way joyfully through this world and on beyond.
That which goeth up must needs come down; and that which is down must needs go up. But Brahma has ordained that the that that goeth up is seldom the same as the that that hath gone down.