Quotes by Ming-Dao Deng

Ming-Dao Deng

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.

Fear

Funeral

Sometimes

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

Doors

Moving

Water

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. … Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.

Character

Rain

Roots

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

Inspirational

Teacher

Teaching

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger’s saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter’s square, Outlasts the whole forest.

Squares

Taoism

Tree

Build your life brick upon brick, Live a life of truth, And you will look back on a life of truth. Live a life of fantasy, And you will look back on delusion.

Bricks

Looks

Motivational

By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to us. By being open, we can receive things beyond what we ourselves might imagine.

Might

Spiritual

Wealth

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.

Cooperation

Leadership

Perception

Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection.

Men

Perfection

Tree

Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe.

Breathe

Spirituality

Want

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Action

Addiction

Alive

Appreciation

Art

Ashes

Baby

Bears

Better Days

Breathe

Bricks

Change

Character

Circumstances

Clear

Compassion

Confirmation

Cooperation

Crush

Decision

Difficult Times

Discipline

Doe

Doors

Drinking

Exercise

Experience

Expression

Eye

Faces

Fall

Fate

Fear

Feel Good

Feelings

Fighting

Fleeting

Floating

Flow

Flower

Followers

Friendship

Funeral

Garden

Giving

Giving Back

Gratitude

Great Things

Heart

Humans

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Quotes by Ming-Dao Deng

Ming-Dao Deng

A funeral is for those left behind. Sometimes, one wonders if the weeping is more out of fear for ourselves than it is sympathy for the deceased.

A moving door hinge never corrodes. Flowing water never grows stagnant.

A tree uses what comes its way to nurture itself. By sinking its roots deeply into the earth, by accepting the rain that flows towards it, by reaching out to the sun, the tree perfects its character and becomes great. … Absorb, absorb, absorb. That is the secret of the tree.

All teachings are mere references. The true experience is living your own life. Then, even the holiest of words are only words.

An ancient gnarled tree: Too fibrous for a logger’s saw, Too twisted to fit a carpenter’s square, Outlasts the whole forest.

Build your life brick upon brick, Live a life of truth, And you will look back on a life of truth. Live a life of fantasy, And you will look back on delusion.

By being receptive, we can avail ourselves of the spiritual wealth available to us. By being open, we can receive things beyond what we ourselves might imagine.

Cooperation with others. Perception, experience, tenacity. Know when to lead and when to follow.

Did you measure to attain your height? Did you use geometry to radiate your limb? Did you lament storm-torn branches? Did you inventory your leaves for the sun? You did none of these things, yet man in his cleverness Cannot match your perfection.

Do you want to know how spirituality works? Breathe.

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