You belittle yourselves by modestly saying: “we are but common men—he is a sage.” You bald idiots! What is the frantic hurry to deck yourselves in a lion’s skin when all the while you are yapping like wild foxes? A real man has no need to give himself the airs of a real man!
You do not believe in the things in your own house, so you go outside searching, and fall into the trap of words and phrases of the old masters; relying on Yin, leaning on Yang, you cannot arrive at any real understanding of your own. So, encountering circumstances, you enter into relationship with them.
— Rinzairoku
BEATING THE POISONED DRUM 