When you get into a tight place, and everything goes against you till it seems as if you couldn't hold on a minute longer, never give up then, for that's just the place and time that the tide'll turn.
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"What makes one wise?" asked the disciple. "Wisdom," replied the Master. "What is wisdom?" was retorted. "It is simply the ability to recognize," said the Master. "To recognize what?" the disciple asked.
"Spiritual wisdom," the Master answered, "is the power to recognize the butterfly in a caterpillar, the eagle in an egg, the saint in the sinner."
"Only a silent mind is capable of this recognizing power."
~ Raimon Panikkar in THE RHYTHM OF BEING, THE UNBROKEN TRINITY