embracing the obstacles too.
- Remember that when it withdraws into itself and finds
contentment there, the mind is invulnerable. It does nothing
against its will, even if its resistance is irrational. And if its
judgment is deliberate and grounded in logic...?
The mind without passions is a fortress. No place is more
secure. Once we take refuge there we are safe forever. Not to
see this is ignorance. To see it and not seek safety means
misery.
- Nothing but what you get from first impressions. That
someone has insulted you, for instance. That—but not that it’s
done you any harm. The fact that my son is sick—that I can
see. But “that he might die of it,” no. Stick with first
impressions. Don’t extrapolate. And nothing can happen to
you.
Or extrapolate. From a knowledge of all that can happen in
the world.
- The cucumber is bitter? Then throw it out.
There are brambles in the path? Then go around them.That’s all you need to know. Nothing more. Don’t demand
to know “why such things exist.” Anyone who understands