Easy is right. Begin right and you are easy. Continue easy and you are right. The right way to go easy is to forget the right way and forget that the going is easy.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The right path feels easy when you start correctly, but true ease comes from forgetting the effort and the rules.
- In plain terms
- Start right and stay easy; forget the rules and the effort to be truly right.
- What can you take from it?
- Natural ease comes from forgetting the struggle and the rules once you are on track.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Can you be right without trying?
- When did you stop measuring progress?
Another view
It romanticizes forgetting necessary structure in learning processes.
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