tao teh king
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Tao Teh King LXXXI (Finale) from lostjohnny 339 days old
Sincere words are not (necessarily) pleasant, nor are pleasant words (necessarily) sincere. The good are not (necessarily) skillful debaters, nor are ...
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Tao Teh King LXXX (Penultimate) from lostjohnny 340 days old
A state may be small, and the population sparse, yet the people should be taught not to rely on force; they should be made to comprehend the gravity ...
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Tao Teh King LXXIX from lostjohnny 341 days old
To compromise a great hate leaves ill-will behind; that only is a blessing which produces tranquillity. Therefore the Holy Man does not pry into other ...
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Tao Teh King LXXVIII from lostjohnny 342 days old
Nothing is so flexible as water, yet for attacking that which is hard nothing surpasses it. There is nothing which supplants it. The weak overcome the ...
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Tao Teh King LXXVII from lostjohnny 343 days old
The Divine Way is like the drawing of a bow,—it brings down the high and exalts the low.* Where there is superfluity it takes away, where there is deficiency ...
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Tao Teh King LXXVI from lostjohnny 344 days old
At birth man is supple and weak, at death rigid and strong. So with inanimate nature—say the vegetable creation—in its early growth it is pliable and ...
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Tao Teh King LXXV from lostjohnny 345 days old
The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors. Because of this they suffer from famine. The people are ...
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Tao Teh King LXXXIV from lostjohnny 347 days old
Why use death as a deterrent, when the people have no fear of death? Even supposing they shrank from death as from a monster, and by playing on their ...
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Tao Teh King LXXXIII from lostjohnny 347 days old
The recklessly rash die. The cautiously courageous live. Of these two courses it is uncertain which is advantageous and which is disadvantageous, for ...
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Tao Teh King LXXII from lostjohnny 348 days old
The limits of the greatest fear have been reached when the people cease to fear that which is to be feared. Neither regard your lot as mean, nor despise ...
