Those who have knowledge, don't predict. Those who predict, don't have knowledge.
-- Lao Tzu
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Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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#31
Fine weapons are ill-omened tools.
They are hated.
Therefore the old Taoist ignores them.[…]
Weapons are ill-omened tools,
Not proper instruments.
When their use can’t be avoided,
Calm restraint is best.Don’t think they are beautiful.
Those who think they are beautiful
Rejoice in killing people.Those who rejoice in killing people
Cannot achieve their purpose in this world.[…]
Translated by Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo (Hackett Publishing Company)
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#71
Know not-knowing: supreme.
Not know knowing: faulty.
Only faulting faults is faultless.
The Sage is faultless
By faulting faults,
And so is without fault.
Knowing that you do not know, is superiority;
Not knowing this knowledge, is defectiveness.
Only by defecting defectives,
Can one be void of defectiveness.
The master is void of defectiveness,
Because of the defecting of defectives
Hence is void of defectiveness.
Some lines from the Tao Te Ching that keep coming back to me.
#27
[…] In this way the Sage
Always helps people
And rejects none,
Always helps all beings,
And rejects none.
This is called practicing brightness.Therefore the good person
Is the bad person’s teacher,
And the bad person
Is the good person’s resource.Not to value the teacher,
Not to love the resource,
Causes great confusion even for the intelligent.*This is called the vital secret.
Translated by Stephen Addiss and Stanley Lombardo (Hackett Publishing Company)
*The Wikisource translation of this line is - “However intelligent such a one may be, he is still greatly confused.”
Knowing when you have enough avoids dishonor, and knowing when to stop will keep you from danger.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Vs 44 tr J. H. McDonald #Laozi #Daodejing #Tao #Taoism #Taoist #Dao #Daoism #Daoist
The greater the attachment, the more acute the suffering. The greater the hoard, the more damaging the loss.
— #LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, Verse 44 tr. Oliver Benjamin
Accept being unimportant.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #TaoTeChing by #Laozi, Verse 13
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Great straightness seems twisted. Great intelligence seems stupid. Great eloquence seems awkward.
— Gia-Fu Feng, #daodejing, Verse 45
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There is no greater illusion than fear.
— Stephen Mitchell, #TaoTeChing, Verse 46
"Governing a large state is like boiling a small fish."
#LaoTzu, #TaoTeChing, chapter 60 (translation by D.C. Lau)
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The spirit of emptiness is immortal. It is called the Great Mother because it gives birth to Heaven and Earth. It is like a vapor, barely seen but always present. Use it effortlessly.
— J. H. McDonald, #TaoTeChing, Verse 6