True realisation of the actual nature of this material world, its perishable, transitory and illusory aspects best dawns on a person in suffering.
There are those who spend their lives arguing which is better, the crescent moon or the full. Then there are a few who revel in both for they know The Moon is One.
The small wisdom is like water in a glass: clear, transparent, pure. The great wisdom is like the water in the sea: dark, mysterious, impenetrable.
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts.
A mountain is composed of tiny grains of earth. The ocean is made up of tiny drops of water. Even so, life is but an endless series of little details, actions, speeches and thoughts. And the consequences, whether good or bad of even the least of them, are far-reaching.
If you want to leave the world better than you found it, then use your heart of compassion and your life of concern.
