Wisdom from "Three Cups of Tea" - part 2

Here is a little more of the ancient wisdom as well other insights for living from Greg Mortenson’s book, Three Cups of Tea.

“The seeming opposition between life and death is now cut through. Do not trash or lunge or flee. There is no longer a container or anything to be contained. All is resolved in dazzling measureless freedom.” ~from the Warrior Song of King Gezar

“Not hammer-strokes, but dance of the water, sings the pebbles into perfection.” ~Rabindranath Tagore

“No human, nor any living thing, survives long under the eternal sky. The most beautiful women, the most learned men, even Mohammed, who heard Allah’s own voice, all did wither and die. All is temporary. The sky outlives everything. Even suffering.” ~Bowa Johar, Balti poet, and grandfather of Mousafer Ali

“Let nothing perturb you, nothing frighten you. All things pass. God does not change. Patience achieves everything.” ~Mother Teresa

“As the U.S. confronts Saddam Hussein’s regime in Iraq, Greg Mortenson, 45, is quietly waging his own campaign against Islamic fundamentalists, who often recruit members through religious schools called madrassas. Mortenson’s approach hinges on a simple idea: that by building secular schools and helping to promote education – particularly for girls – in the worlds mot volatile war zone, support fofr the Taliban and other extremist sects eventually will dry up.” ~Kevin Fedarko, Parade cover story, April 6, 2003

“Our earth is wounded. Her oceans and lakes are sick; her rivers are like running sores; The air is filled with subtle poisons. And the oily smoke of countless hellish fires blackens the sun. Men and women, scattered from homeland, family, friends, wander desolate and uncertain, scorched by a toxic sun…. In this desert of frightened, blind uncertainty, some take refuge in the pursuit of power. Some become manipulators of illusion and deceit. If wisdom and harmony still dwell in this world, as other than a dream lost in an unopened book, they are hidden in our heartbeat. And it is from our hearts that we cry out. We cry out and our voices are the single voice of this wonderful earth. Our cries are a great wind across the earth.” ~From The Warrior Song of King Gezar

“When your heart speaks, take good notes.” ~Judith Campbell

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