He who knows, does not speak,
He who speaks, does not know.
AND
Difficult things in the world
Can only be tackled when they are easy.
Big things of the world
Can only be achived by attending to their small beginings.
AND
Tackle things before they have appeared.
Cultivate peace and order before confusion and disorder have set in.
AND
Sincere words are not sweet,
Sweet words are not sincere.
Good men are no arguementative
The arguementative are not good.
The wise are not erudite,
The erudite are not wise.
AND
If only I had the tiniest grain of wisdom,
I should walk in the Great Way,
And my only fear would be to stray from it.
And the Great Way is very smooth and straight;
And yet the people prefer devious paths.
The court is very clean and well garnished,
But the fields are very weedy and wild,
And the granaries are very empty!
They wear gorgeous clothes,
They carry sharp swords,
They surfeit themselves with food and drink,
They possess more riches than they can use!
They are the heralds of brigandage!
As for Tao, what do they know about it ?
AND
As for your name and your body, which is dearer ?
As for your body and your wealth, which is more to be prized ?
As for gain and loss, which id more painful ?
Thus an excessive love for anything will cost you dear in the end.
The storing of too much goods will entail a heavy loss.
To know when you have had enough is to be immune from disgrace
To know when to stop is to be preserved from perils.
Only thus can you endure long
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- Lao Tzu <Tao Teh Ching> |
