#arrogance

A drop of poison spoils a pot of milk; a single drop of arrogance spoils years of spiritual practice.

You wander the world looking for medicine, unaware that the cure is contained in your own quiet awareness.

The mountain does not shake in the wind; the established sage remains unmoved by praise or blame.

A sharp sword can cut the hardest armor, but soft water wears away the highest mountain; gentleness overcomes force.

A true warrior fights not with iron weapons against others, but with discriminative wisdom against his own illusions.