Lun Quotes & Sayings

The more profound the stillness, the deeper the perception.

- Master Wei
Priest of the K'un Lun — Joseph J. Bailey

One must never be perfidious to his master. In the Lun Yu it says: One should act according to the way even in times of haste. One should act according to the way even in times of danger. It says further: 'When one is serving his master, he should exert himself.' — Takeda Nobushige

It had become a chimney poking from a vertical universe of bookshelves.
There was motion below her. There were people on the shelves.
They clung to the edges of the cases and moved across them in expert scuttles. They wore ropes and hooks and carried picks on which they sometimes hung. Dangling from straps they carried notebooks, pens, magnifying glasses, ink pads, and stamps.
The men and women took books from the shelves as they went, checked their details, leaning against their ropes, replaced them, pulled out little pads and made notes, sometimes carried the books with them to another place and reshelved it there.
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I'm Margarita Staples. She bowed in her harness. 'Extreme librarian. Bookaneer. — China Mieville

Ye see, Little Tree, ain't no way of learning, except by letting ye do. Iff'n I had stopped ye from buying the calf, ye'd have always thought ye'd ought to had it. Iff'n I'd told ye to buy it, ye'd blame me fer the calf dying. Ye'll have to learn as ye go. — Forrest Carter

It's simple, sir. We kick ass and go home," Sergeant Catz said to smiles and clapping. "Would you care to elaborate for those of us who weren't paying attention? — C.R. Daems

We're making a choice every single time we put something into our mouths. And it's a much more important choice than most people make it out to be. Today, make the choices that are positive ones for your body - and if you stay in the habit of doing so, you'll find that you benefit greatly from those choices. — Tom Walsh

My primary responsibility is to be funny. — Al Madrigal

I started studying acting, got commercials, and here we are 100 years later. I'm acting and writing and I have a pool and a dog. — Krysten Ritter

The first mover is the mind.

- Master Wei
Priest of the K'un Lun — Joseph J. Bailey

The music that I make, the younger musicians are referring to it as 'stretch' music. — Christian Scott

There's so many people to see. So many people to check up on and add to your collection. — Elvis Costello

Sorrow prepares you for joy. It violently sweeps everything out of your house, so that new joy can find space to enter. It shakes the yellow leaves from the bough of your heart, so that fresh, green leaves can grow in their place. It pulls up the rotten roots, so that new roots hidden beneath have room to grow. Whatever sorrow shakes from your heart, far better things will take their place. — Rumi

Dare to realize your dreams. Dare to dream your reality.

- Master Wei
Priest of the K'un Lun — Joseph J. Bailey

One must not be negligent in learning. In the Lun Yu it says: "To study and not to think is darkness. To think without study is dangerous." — Takeda Nobushige

I'm pants at aiming. — Fredrik Backman