the complete whole

The Tao gives birth to One. One gives birth to yin and yang. Yin and yang give birth to all things. . . . The complete whole is the complete whole. So also is any part the complete whole. . . . But forget about understanding and harmonizing and making all things one. The universe is already a harmonious oneness; just realize it.

- Lao Tzu, The Hua Hu Ching

do not seek too much

if you want to seek too much, it may hinder the way. for your part, can you say your work is done? if not, then a thousand kinds of clever talk do not enhance your mind; what is the reason for ten thousand kinds of thought?
- chih-men

observe life for what it is

so much fear and desire come from that commitment to "i am" - to being somebody. eventually they take us to anxiety and despair; life seems much more difficult and painful than it really is.
but when we just observe life for what it is, then it’s all right: the delights, the beauty, the pleasures are just that.
-ajahn sumedho, "seeing the way"

wisdom

to attain knowledge, add things every day. to attain wisdom, remove things every day.
-tao te ching

growing up

by the time it came to the edge of the forest the stream had grown up, so that it was almost a river, and, being grown-up, it did not run and jump and sparkle along as it used to do when it was younger, but moved more slowly. for it knew now where it was going, and it said to itself, "there is no hurry. we shall get there some day."
- a.a. milne, "the house at pooh corner"
tao does not do, but nothing is not done.
- tao te ching

existence is not mutuallly exclusive

what is meant by nonduality, mahatmi? it means that light and shade, long and short, black and white, can only be experienced in relation to each other; light is not independent of shade, nor black of white. there are no opposites, only relationships. in the same way, nirvana and the ordinary world of suffering are not two things but related to each other. there is no nirvana except where the world of suffering is; there is no world of suffering apart from nirvana. for existence is not mutuallly exclusive.
-lankavatara sutra