Zicheng Hong Quotes about Desire

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Desires that are just are termed Truth. Without desires, Truth cannot be understood.

Desires that are just are termed Truth. Without desires, Truth cannot be understood.

Truth, Desire, Understood

Zicheng Hong, Tze-chiang Chao (1959). “A Chinese Garden of Serenity: Epigrams from the Ming Dynasty "Discourses on Vegetable Roots"”

When thoughts arise, as soon as you sense them heading on the road of desire, bring them right back onto the road of reason. Once they arise, notice them, once you notice them, you can change them. This is the key to turning calamity into fortune, rising from death and returning to life.

Zicheng Hong

Keys, Taoism, Desire

The sickness of indulging desires can be treated, but the sickness of clinging to abstract principles is hard to treat. Obstacles presented by events and objects can be removed, but obstacles presented by social principles are hard to remove.

Zicheng Hong

Taoism, Desire, Principles

In matters of desire, don't get hastily involved because of easy availability; once you get involved, you will sink in deeply. In matters of principle, don't back off for fear of difficulty; once you back down, you will lose your ground entirely.

Zicheng Hong

Availability, Taoism, Desire

Zicheng Hong Quotes about Desire

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