True words are not pretty
Pretty words are not true
Wise men do not talk about the Unspeakable
One who talks about the Unspeakable is not wise
Wise men are not learned
And learned ones aren’t wise
A wise man doesn’t gather possessions
He gives what he has
And therefore he is worthy of living
He shares his wisdom with others
His wisdom is never-ending
Living [...]
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May mankind live in freedom, equality and brotherhood again,
So that there will be no need for leaders and superiors
Then people won’t fear death any longer
And won’t try to escape death
May it be that people don’t feel the need anymore,
To move themselves about in vehicles
And that they will have nothing to defend anymore
May humankind abandon their [...]
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When people make peace after violent hostility
Then it’s an armed peace
How can it be right?
One who is wise only takes a look at his own share in the conflict
And never blames his opponent
So one who is fair only faces his own part
While one who is not daring enough to look at oneself, blames the other
The [...]
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Nothing in life is so soft and compliant as water
Nothing is stronger in breaking what is hard and strong
Nothing can exceed it in doing this
Weak overcomes strong
Soft overcomes hard
Nobody knows this
And no one practices it
Therefore the sage says:
One who is the least in the world, will be the greatest in life
One who carries the sorrow [...]
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The natural order is like stretching a bow
The low bow gets pushed up high
And the high tendon pulled downwards
Where there is too much, it takes away
Where there is not enough, it fills
Nature strives for harmony all the time
Decreases where there is too much
And increases where there is too little
But how opposite are the people in [...]
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When a human being is born, it’s supple and weak
When it dies it’s stiff and strong
Everything that’s alive (take a look at grass and trees for example)
Is supple and flexible
And when they die they are shriveled and parched
Therefore hardness and inflexibility are companions of death
And suppleness and softness, companions of life
That’s why a rigid troublemaker [...]
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People starve
Because the wealthy enrich themselves off other people’s backs
That’s why people starve
People cannot be kept under control
Because their leaders don’t know what they’re doing
That’s why people cannot be kept under control
People want to die
Because they don’t want to live this way
Therefore people want to die
Only the one who is not afraid to live,
Is not [...]
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When people no longer fear death
How can one threaten them with it?
But if people are afraid of death and other people threaten to kill them
When they infringe upon the law
Well, who is still going to break the law?
But there is only One who commands life and death
Since people started to decide about life and death [...]
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Having guts and being reckless will lead to death
Having guts and being cautious saves life
The first is useless; the other useful
Only one who is wise understands the course of things
Therefore he won’t intervene
It is easy to infringe upon the eternal laws of nature
But they always triumph
They don’t speak, yet they do answer
They don’t yell, yet [...]
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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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