1 | An ignorant man is like a piece of barren land. | |
2 | In that sense it is exactly like China today. | |
3 | Breathing is a universal foundation for meditation practice. Each breath is like the cycle of life itself - being born, coming to maturity, fading away, and finally dying. | |
4 | The chameleon responding to its own shifting image is an apt analog of the human world of fashion. | |
5 | Like the traditional love sonnet, the traveler's postcard has acquired its own ritualized conventions. |