When people have forgotten what to be afraid of,
They will live in vague fear
Why do they come to terms with this miserable way of living?
Why don’t they see the beauty of life?
Why are they so scared of escaping their rut?
One who is wise understands this, and won’t flaunt it
He enjoys it but doesn’t consider it [...]
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Realizing you can’t know anything, is wise
One who does not understand he can’t know anything, is insane
One who realizes his insanity,
Is able to get rid of it
One who is wise is not insane anymore,
Because he has disposed of his insanity
Therefore he has a clear view
Post from: www.TaooftheDay.comChapter Seventy-One
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My words are easy to comprehend
And easy to bring to practice
Yet no one in the world wants to surrender to them
And no one feels capable of living according to them
My words have an origin, my way of living a principle
But because the people do not dare to see this
They are not able to understand me
There [...]
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One who understands that quarrels will never solve anything,
Won’t start them anymore and prefers to wait
He rather takes a step back or retracts
That’s what people call winning by losing
Showing strength without impressing
Standing firm without starting a fight
Nothing is more disastrous than underestimating your enemy
One who underestimates his enemy exposes oneself to danger
Therefore he who’s driven [...]
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One who fights for peace is non-violent
A true fighter is unshakeable
A true victor does not argue
A true leader is the least
That’s what people call “non-violent defensibility”
And that’s how one gets the people on his side
That is called “living according to your nature”
That is the perfection of which the wise of old spoke
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In life I am great, but to the world I am a failure
In my grandeur, I am different from all the rest
And that is exactly therefore the reason I am great
If I would be like the rest, I would be just as unimportant and insignificant
I have three treasures I cherish:
The first is compassion
The second is [...]
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Why are the seas and rivers the biggest among all waters?
Because they are located on the lowest places
Therefore they are the biggest
So one who is wise among fools must be the least
And therefore he is the greatest
But fools won’t consider him as a threat
They just don’t understand him and take no notice of him
Because he [...]
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The former sages, who travelled along the straight and simple path
Brought the people wisdom instead of knowledge
When people know much, unity is impossible to keep
That’s why science disturbs the togetherness of men
And wisdom guards that togetherness
One who understands this
Understands that wisdom and knowledge are in conflict with each other
Once you understand this, you’ll be wise
And [...]
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Peace is easy to keep
What might happen is easy to prevent
That which is fragile is easy to break
What’s still very small, can be chased away easily
A big tree starts with a small seed
A terrace-yard started with a mound of earth
A thousand-mile journey starts with a single step
One who disturbs the natural order, harms oneself
One who [...]
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Act without intention
Stop labouring
Just enjoy life
One who doesn’t honour something small
Isn’t worthy of something big
No more eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth
Turn to them your other cheek
Discover that what seems complicated is in fact very simple
See the grandeur in what seems insignificant
Don’t turn simplicity into complexity
Living purely is simple
But people have made [...]
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