A foot of jade is worth an inch of time
A great official came to the master Takuan asking for help in passing his days more eventfully. All day long, he explained, he sat receiving supplications and reports, and he found it all very dull. Takuan took brush and paper, and wrote eight Chinese characters. Translated, they said:
No day comes back again:
One inch of time is worth
A foot of jade.
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