Nature doesn't make long speeches.
With that gentleness I can be bold; with that economy I can be liberal; shrinking from taking precedence of others, I can become a vessel of the highest honour.
The tree which fills the arms grew from the tiniest sprout.
What should be shrunken must first be stretched.
The greatest virtue is to follow the Way utterly.
By steadily disciplining the animal nature, until it becomes one pointed, it is possible to establish conscious awareness of The Eternal.