3 quotes to think on

not even the strongest of winds can break the nimble reed, the same cannot be said of the mighty oak standing firmly rooted in place

-RyuJin, Jedi Knight

fear, when left unchecked prevents good people from achieving great things.

-RyuJin, Jedi Knight

perception is deception.

-RyuJin, Jedi Knight


thought i'd change it up a bit and use a few of my own quotes.

the first one is about being flexible and adaptive. by being so we can handle any situation that comes our way. inflexibility keeps us from continuing to grow and develop. by accepting whatever comes at us we eliminate a cause of suffering, if instead we stand firm we risk creating our own suffering.

the second one is about how fear can keep us from doing what is right, and from trying new things. by eliminating fear we gain the strength to right, and we enable ourselves to experience new things which in turn enrich us further.

the third one is about how our physical senses can be fooled, but our instincts rarely ever are. if you can see it, smell it, touch it, taste it, or hear it, then you can be fooled by it, but if you feel it instinctually, this can rarely ever be used to fool you. trust your instincts.

Greed and fear of loss are the roots that lead to the tree of evil.

-unknown-

It is better to fail honorably, than to succeed deceitfully

-unknown-

You are all the Buddha

-The Buddha's last words-

these 3 are pretty easy to understand i think so i won't give my interpretation of them

the dehumanizing of subordinates then appears to have begun with the dehumanizing of oneself. to undo one is to undo both.
-R.G.H. Siu -


action is indeed the sole medium of expression for ethics.
-Jane Addams -


virtue is not left to stand alone. he who practices it will have neighbors.
-Confucius -

the first one works well with the master/apprentice idea since it's a back and forth relationship. each learning from and teaching the other. what you do to your apprentice you do to yourself and vice versa.

the second is about how talking the path is not enough, you have to walk the path as well, otherwise how can you lead others down it.

the third one...a virtuous person will have friends and will draw in other virtuous people.