Card Nr. 61:
«The course and nature of things is such that
What was in front is now behind;
What warmed anon we freezing find.
Strength is of weakness oft the spoil;
The store in ruins mocks our toil.»
Card Nr. 62:
«Nature favours nothing in particular. So everything has its advantage and disadvantage as well. What one gains on the one hand one loses on the other.»
Kaiten Nukariya, "The Religion of The Samurai"
Card Nr. 63:
«Nature is ruled by Nature, which destroys it, turns it into dust, reduces to nothing, and finally herself renews it, repeats, and frequently produces the same.»
Turba Philosophorum
Card Nr. 64:
«He who knows other men is discerning; he who knows himself is intelligent. He who overcomes others is strong; he who overcomes himself is mighty.»
Tao Te Ching
Card Nr. 65:
«A grain of sand you, trample upon has a deeper significance than a series of lectures by your verbal philosopher whom you respect. It contains within itself the whole history of the earth; it tells you what it has seen since the dawn of time; while your philosopher simply plays on abstract terms and empty words.»
Kaiten Nukariya, "The Religion of The Samurai"
Card Nr. 66:
«A mother of many children may be troubled by her noisy little ones and envy her sterile friend, who in turn may complain of her loneliness; but if they balance what they gain with what they lose, they will find the both sides are equal.»
Kaiten Nukariya, "The Religion of The Samurai"
Card Nr. 67:
«Words that are strictly true seem to be paradoxical.»
Tao Te Ching
Card Nr. 68:
«Sincere words are not fine; fine words are not sincere.»
Tao Te Ching
Card Nr. 69:
«Every second brings the question, 'Who am I?', but we do not ask it, and that is the reason why we cannot find the beginning.»
Gustav Meyrink, "The Green Face"
Card Nr. 70:
«When a man finally realizes that he has taken a path without a heart, the path is ready to kill him. At that point very few man stop to deliberate, and leave the path.»
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