- Sit quietly for a moment, and you realize how you have been foolishly running about.
- Learn to keep your mouth shut, and you realize you have been talking too much.
- Avoid getting involved in too many things, and you realize that you have been wasting your time in unnecessary things.
- Close your door and you realize you have been mixed up with too many kinds of people.
- Have few desires, and you realize why you have had so many ills.
- Be human, and you realize you have been too critical of others. ~ Chen Chiju (1588-1639)
From the ‘Richards Evans Quote Book (Publishers Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1971) p.145
