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Book 8
Hecanshovelmudintoit,ordung,andthestreamwillcarryitaway,washitselfclean,remainunstained.
Tohavethat.Notacisternbutaperpetualspring.
How?Byworkingtowinyourfreedom.Hourbyhour.Throughpatience,honesty,humility.
52.Nottoknowwhattheworldisistobeignorantofwhereyouare.
Nottoknowwhyit’shereistobeignorantofwhoyouare.Andwhatitis.
Nottoknowanyofthisistobeignorantofwhyyou’rehere.
Andwhatarewetomakeofanyonewhocaresabouttheapplauseofsuchpeople,whodon’tknowwhereorwhotheyare?
53.Youwantpraisefrompeoplewhokickthemselveseveryfifteenminutes,theapprovalofpeoplewhodespisethemselves.(Isitasignofself-respecttoregretnearlyeverythingyoudo?)
54.Tojoinourselvesnotjusttotheairsurroundingus,throughbreath,buttothereasonthatembracesallthings,throughthought.Reasonisjustasomnipresent,justaswidelydiffusedinthosewhoacceptitasairisinthosewhobreathe.
55.Theexistenceofevildoesnotharmtheworld.Andanindividualactofevildoesnotharmthevictim.Onlyonepersonisharmedbyit—andhecanstopbeingharmedassoonashedecidesto.
56.Otherpeople’swillsareasindependentofmineastheirbreathandbodies.Wemayexistforthesakeofoneanother,butourwillrulesitsowndomain.
