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"Forgo what is near; win what is afar" -in the I Ching is translated as meaning
something like this. Of course, nobody knows who wrote the I Ching...it could
have been Robert?<br>
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Damien Broderick wrote:<br>
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<pre wrap=""> You must be willing to give up everything you are for what you
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Excellent statement! Before I add this to my quote file with
attribution to Robert, can anyone tell me of the existence of a more
original source of this powerful insight?
- Jef
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Erm... John 12:24 ?
"Most certainly I tell you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the
earth and dies, it remains by itself alone. But if it dies, it bears
much fruit."
Not *quite* the same, and rather primitive botany, but still.
Damien Broderick
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