Stonepeace (676–685)

[676]

If you are not committed to your word,
you are not committed to the truth.
If you are not committed to the truth,
you can never realise the truth.

[677]

If you do not believe that
there is reason for everything,
you are being somewhat
unreasonable for some things.

[678]

If you ever so-called ‘idle’ at all,
do it meaningfully, restfully and reflectively.
Otherwise, your ‘idling’ is good for nothing.
In other words, never really idle at all.

[679]

If you spend much of your time
musing over and doing the trivial,
you trivialise much of your life.

[680]

Do what you need for to live physically.
While doing that ethically,
do what you need to grow spiritually.

[681]

The small-minded are obstructed
even by small matters,
making them become great obstacles
that hold them back.

The big-hearted can overcome
even big matters,
making them become stepping stones
that push them ahead.

[682]

If your helping is not purely
out of selfless compassion,
it could be partly
for selfish recognition.

[683]

Be rational, but not too ‘rational’,
or you become unkind.
Be kind, but not too ‘kind’,
or you become irrational.

[684]

It is unkind to be gentle
when you need to be stern.
It is unkind to be stern
when you need to be gentle.

[685]

The over-suspicious mistake
their speculations as truths.
The over-trusting mistake
their assumptions as truths.

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