Isaac   Babel’s   short   story   Di   Grasso   clearly   illustrates   the   Zen   concept   according   to   which,   if   a   room   is   dark,   all   you   should   do   to   remedy   the   situation   is   to   turn   the   light   on.   Do   what   you   are   most   afraid   of,   and   this   will   instantly   transform   hell   into   paradise.

Wherever  you  go,  you  will  always  come  to  the  truth.  Given  that  you  won’t  perish  on  the  way  or  stop  early.

I  would  say,  that  in  99%  of  cases  when  you  wait  for  someone  to  give  you  a  100  $,  you  can  earn  a  1000.

To  succeed  in  life  it's  quite  enough  to  become  a  bit  more  self-confident  and  attentive  to  people. 

There  are  two  types  of  things:  things  in  themselves  and  things  beside  themselves. 
Things  in  themselves  are  self-sufficing. 
While  things  beside  themselves  demand  others'  attention. 

God  gives  his  children  everything  they  need.  But  the  fact  these  children  don't  take  what  is  given  due  to  their  stupidity  or  arrogance  is  not  God's  problem  but  the  sin  of  all  those  who  remain  deaf  and  blind. 

In  other  words,  the  sources  of  happiness,  money,  good  luck,  health  and  other  prizes  surround  every  person  and  it's  only  one's  personal  fault  if  they  remain  unnoticed. 

The   point   of   resignation   is   that   all   objects   are   equal.   The   point   is   universal   and   contains   all   the   necessary   information   to   create   a   universe.   All   points   are   universal.   The   state   of   a   point   depends   on   what   is   wanted   from   it   and   what   qualities   are   demanded.   Any   point   is   the   djinn   and   the   goldfish   in   one.

Moderation  is  self-sufficing  while  extremes  need  to  be  reflected. 

Extremes  attract  some  opposite  extremes.  Any  system  needs  balance.  Thus,  any  sinner  needs  a  righteous  man  and  anything  evil  needs  something  good.  Anyone  who  creates  something  good,  creates  something  bad  at  the  same  time.  In  this  world,  full  of  extremes,  there's  never  enough  moderation  and  the  reason  for  that  is  simple  -  moderation  doesn't  need  to  be  reflected. 

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Don't  look  for  those  to  blame  for  your  problems.  It's  a  waste  of  efforts  and  time. 

It's  only  yourself  who  you  should  blame.  The  only  person  capable  of  making  changes  is  yourself.  The  only  help  that  others  may  offer  you  is  to  help  you  find  some  inner  wisdom  and  strength. 

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The   point   is   that,   at   any   time,   it   can   be   simultaneously   “early   and   late,   timely   and   untimely”.   You   always   have   at   hand   what   can   resolve   all   of   your   problems.   At   the   same   you,   you   do   not   have   that.   In   fact,   if   you   feel   like   it,   you   can   make   your   wish   come   true   at   once,   or   you   can   wait,   accumulating   your   strength   and   making   things   nicer…   As   a   matter   of   fact,   it   does   not   change   a   thing.   By   making   a   slight   movement,   you   can   change   the   situation   180   degrees   at   any   second.   You   always   have   at   hand   all   you   need.

To whitewash, not necessarily someone to win, just enough to grow up and reach maturity. Victory is fruiting and maturity.

Man finds himself by learning to solve problems on his own.

In fact, there is salvation from poverty and suffering.  Reading rooms and libraries will save even those who have nothing but hope.  Don't rush for money, work half a day to get enough for the simplest food, clothes and a bed in the hostel, and the rest of the time spend in the library and do sports.  In less than three years, you will have accumulated enough strength to fulfill any desire.

There is enough information in the gospel to save the soul. Another thing is that so often it happens that the save has nothing. In this case, when an empty person opens the gospel, he sees nothing in it, except a scattering of meaningless words, devoid of any hope of salvation.

Everything you need is always at hand, just persevere and never give up immediately. Be attentive to details. Time after time, sifting the same gold sand, you will find gold again and again. Gold is everywhere you look, if you look closely, with 3 or 7 times you will see it and you can take it. And you can do that every day, and every day, miraculously, you'll find more and more gold there. Remember the fairy tales, a cornucopia, a magic tablecloth, a magic penny... It was all true.

Small is constrained by his weakness. In order to grow it must acquire restraint, that is, the ability to restrain itself on its own.

I am filled with impatience, I want to fly, but I can not fly. Somebody give me a good kick in the ass, maybe it'll give me enough acceleration.

Their problems need to be solved on their own, do not need to ship them to their relatives, friends and acquaintances. Nobody loves sinners.

To  be  successful  in  life,  all  you  need  is  NOTHINGNESS.  The  power  of  NOTHINGNESS  is  huge  –  zero  can  easily  make  one  a  million  or  a  billion.

An  obsessive  aspiration  to  do  everything  on  your  own  without  asking  anyone’s  help  is  a  kind  of  arrogance  and  vanity,  too.  Such  self-sufficiency  is  an  ode  to  vanity  rather  than  to  the  good  of  the  cause.

God  does  not  fulfill  anybody’s  wishes.  God  can  only  give  a  man  the  strength  to  fulfil  any  of  his  wishes  on  his  own.

It's  much  easier  to  do  some  things  personally  rather  than  expect  others  to  do  them.  On  the  other  hand,  it's  irrational  to  skip  the  shortcuts  as  it  only  brings  more  troubles. 

It's  not  necessary  for  all  your  dreams  to  come  true  as  it's  only  the  ones  you  love  most  that  will  be  enough. 

It's  not  necessary  to  know  everything,  it's  enough  to  know  the  necessary. 

No  person  ca  be  self-sufficing.  Living  like  a  recluse  on  some  uninhabited  island  is  a  doubtful  pleasure. 

If  You cannot move to your goal on your own, you should hire those who will carry you to it.

...or carry ...or push ...or drive a whip...

In fact, there's plenty of time to do just about anything, even losing half through stupidity along the way.

Universal  wisdom  is  good  but  personal  wisdom  is  better. 

Pull  oneself  from  the  mire  by  hairs...  along  with  a  horse/  Incredible!  But  philosophers  claim  that  one  can  make  one's  own  entertainment.  Thousands  of  books  assure  it's  up  to  us.

Three years is enough time for a pile of dirt to turn into a man.

Desire is enough to become a Buddha.  The method doesn't matter.

Things are not self-sufficient.  There are no chemical elements on Earth that can persist in pure isolation.

A unit is someone who thinks he can survive alone.  Zero is a non-independent entity.  Zero seeks unity with one, but one, overflowing with pride, despises zero and rejects.

I always resented my father for not teaching me anything but cursing and insulting me.  On the other hand, I eventually learned to learn on my own, to observe people, to contemplate things, to understand books...  I still resent my father, though now it's more out of habit.

Only a highly developed person is able to consider self-development as an independent goal. Undeveloped man needs a motive dukkha - suffering. An underdeveloped person should be taught that the way he lives is bad. The cause of his suffering in underdevelopment and imperfection, escape from suffering can be by self-improvement.

If your train is gone, and you stay and cry-it says about your passive life position. You are looking for someone to save You, looking for help from the outside, not wanting to change and start acting on their own. Why the train? Go on foot. Solve your own problems.

I do not know what and why students are taught in high school, University and then for decades after school, but... Two or three years of reading and studying the theory are enough to comprehend the truths and gain the power of wisdom and faith. There are only about 210 books, reading which will give you enough knowledge to gain consciousness.

Wrestling (judo, Sambo, etc.) develops self-confidence in children. Such a child is not afraid of violation of the comfort zone, do not confuse him and touches. On the contrary, coming closer, he feels confident that he is in control of the situation, everything is in his hands.

Fear those who promise to grant your wishes. Try to fulfill your own desires. Cooperation with all these gins, goldfish usually ends extremely sad.

Everything you need you have by default, but the possession of excess requires attention, time, effort and energy.

I've been waiting for a miracle ...then I got tired and spent the same amount of time learning to work miracles on my own.

Who supports you, the and hurts you. Let no one support you, then no one will interfere. Do not even hope for yourself, so as not to interfere with yourself. Just do what you have to do and be what you will.

One  grain  of  sand  is  enough  to  create  a  whole  world,  our  world  was  created  from  a  point/Each  grain  of  sand  in  this  world  is  enough  to  build  a  new  universe.

You have enough power to fulfill any desire you have, but not enough faith to use that power. Faith is like a gearbox in a car. Love is the power plant and the engine, the body is the machine, the mind is the helmsman, hope is the fuel tank.

Focusing on growth and your goals allows you to ignore those who dislike you and those who admire you. Such indifference is vital for one who is growing up. Growing need not admiration, but rather of approval. Hostile relations are also harmful to the growing, because they distract time and energy.

Practice what you have the strength to do. Start small. When you get stronger, go a step higher.

Fools love doesn't choose, but smart people are smart enough to manage their own love.

A person who does not choose his fate is called a fool, intelligent people have enough intelligence to consciously love and fear.

They say every consequence has a cause. It's a lie. There are many causes of hermaphrodites that produce themselves. Two is when there is love. One is enough for passion.

There is no redundancy of information, there is only redundancy of garbage and lies. Truth and valuable information is not enough and, in General, enough from 1 to 3 years to know it all.