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"Do not be desirous of having things done quickly.

Do not look at small advantages.

Desire to have things done quickly prevents their being done thoroughly.

Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."


Confucius

Talking




And then a scholar said, "Speak of Talking."


And he answered, saying:


You talk when you cease to be at peace with your thoughts;


And when you can no longer dwell in the solitude of your heart you live in your lips, and sound is a diversion and a pastime.


And in much of your talking, thinking is half murdered.


For thought is a bird of space, that in a cage of words many indeed unfold its wings but cannot fly.


There are those among you who seek the talkative through fear of being alone.


The silence of aloneness reveals to their eyes their naked selves and they would escape.


And there are those who talk, and without knowledge or forethought reveal a truth which they themselves do not understand.


And there are those who have the truth within them, but they tell it not in words.


In the bosom of such as these the spirit dwells in rhythmic silence.


When you meet your friend on the roadside or in the market place, let the spirit in you move your lips and direct your tongue.


Let the voice within your voice speak to the ear of his ear;


For his soul will keep the truth of your heart as the taste of the wine is remembered


When the color is forgotten and the vessel is no more.


Kahlil Gibran

A young merchant pushed through the throng asking,

What is Money?


The Master spoke:

Do not ply your wares beneath an avocado tree.

Do what you must with forked pleasure but never encrust a seed that is destined to rule the forest of men's minds.


But what has that to do with Money, Master? the young merchant asked.


The elixir of life is like an earthworm's touch to a rose's sweetness or a length of thread as spurned by the very magnetism of Eartzil, the Master replied.


I understand, the young merchant exclaimed.


You do? the Master replied.


Kehlog Albran

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