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»A boy is given a horse on his 14th birthday. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how wonderful.' But a Zen master who lives in the village says, 'We shall see.' The boy falls off the horse and breaks his foot. Everyone in the village says, 'Oh how awful.' The Zen master says, 'We shall see.' The village is thrown into war and all the young men have to go to war. But, because of the broken foot, the boy stays behind. Everyone says, 'Oh, how wonderful.' The Zen master says, 'We shall see.'«

from "Charlie Wilson's War"

Es gibt keinen größeren Reichtum als den Intellekt, keine größere Armut als Unwissenheit, kein größeres Erbe als gutes Benehmen, keine bessere Hilfe als guten Rat.