Sunday March 2, 2014
Quote of the Week
Send us your BEST quote regarding Tai Chi, Qigong, Meditation, Martial Arts, etc. Be sure to include who said or wrote it. Place your quote in the body of the email, and include your name if you’d like to be recognized for the submission. Send to: CTCCgwan@yahoo.com with “Quote of the Week” in the subject line. You may also share a quote on this week’s topic in the comment section below. Have a great week!
“In judging our progress as individuals we tend to concentrate on external factors
such as one’s social position, influence and popularity, wealth and standard of
education … but internal factors may be even more crucial in assessing one’s
development as a human being: honesty, sincerity, simplicity, humility, purity, generosity, absence of vanity, readiness to serve your fellow men – qualities within the reach of every soul – are the foundation of one’s spiritual life … Regular meditation, say of about 15 minutes a day before you turn in, can be fruitful in this regard. You may find it difficult at first to pinpoint the negative factors in your life, but the tenth attempt may reap rich rewards. Never forget that a saint is a sinner that keeps on trying.”
– Nelson Mandela, excerpt from Mandela The Authorised Biography by Anthony Sampson