His constant practice is humility.

He doesn't glitter like a jewel

but lets himself be shaped by the Tao,

as rugged and common as a stone.

Here is a speech Abraham Lincoln gave January 27th 1838, 23 years before becoming President. You might call it an anti-hate speech. In it he shows us glimpses of the ugliness of the civil war 23 years ahead, and of the mob that stormed the capitol on January 6th, 2021. What would he say now about where we are headed as a nation?” - Evan Pritchard, Algonquin Academic and author of Native New Yorkers

The world is full of half-enlightened masters…The true master understands that enlightenment is not the end, but the means. Realizing that virtue is her goal, she accepts the long and often arduous cultivation that is necessary to attain it. She doesn’t scheme to become a leader, but quietly shoulders whatever responsibilities fall to her. Unattached to her accomplishments, taking credit for nothing at all, she guides the whole world by guiding the individuals who come to her.