“Those who have no real virtue within but outwardly rely on flowery cleverness are like leaky boats brightly painted – if you put manikins in them and set them on dry ground they look all right, but once they go into the rivers and lakes, into the wind and waves, are they not in danger?”

“Those who have no real virtue within but outwardly rely on flowery cleverness are like leaky boats brightly painted – if you put manikins in them and set them on dry ground they look all right, but once they go into the rivers and lakes, into the wind and waves, are they not in danger?”

— Shambhala Publications