The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.Confucius
“Nothing whatsoever should be clung to as 'I' or 'mine'.”
Buddhist monk · 1906 – 1993
Buddhadasa Bhikkhu was a Thai Buddhist monk and reformer who founded the Suan Mokkh forest monastery. He taught a rational, demythologized Buddhism centered on dependent origination and freedom from clinging to 'I' and 'mine'.
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