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Quotes by Deng Ming-Dao

if i dont want to be known, i cannot be known.
the best actor can divide role from self.
the best liar can divide truth from falsity.

Deng Ming-Dao
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Even on the road to hell, flowers can make you smile.

Deng Ming-Dao
 
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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.

Deng Ming-Dao
Source: Everyday Tao, 1996, p. 18.
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When it is time to part, then it is time to part. There should be no regrets. The beauty of marriage is like the fleeting perfection of a snowflake.

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The sages say that life is illusion, but does that change its poignancy?

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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.

Deng Ming-Dao
 
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Let us be sad; it is feeling that makes us human.

Deng Ming-Dao
 
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Knowing the steps to create living growth: that is art.

Deng Ming-Dao
 
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