Contemplation is best when linked with activity. Contemplation within activity is a million times better than contemplation within stillness.
Distance is nothing to the lover — Who travels for love finds a thousand miles not longer than one.
Distance is, in modernity, short in terms of length and yet ever remote to us. What is vastly far away in terms of length, can be near to us. Short distance is not already nearness. Great distance is not yet remoteness.
Flexibility is important — an accommmodating vice is preferable to an obstinate virtue.
Horizon is the range of vision that includes everything that can be seen from a particular vantage point.
14 concepts in this pillow book.