Trey Smith
Great understanding is broad and unhurried; little understanding is cramped and busy. Great words are clear and limpid; little words are shrill and quarrelsome.In a hurry to get to the next great thing, we're all arms, legs and feet. We thrash about like a chicken with its head cut off. We flail like an army trying to hold back a gale. We scream and shout, barely pausing to make our words audible.
~ Burton Watson translation ~
Those not in such a great hurry enjoy the fruits of what this life has to offer. Silence and contemplation are their favored companions.
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