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“The superior man has a dignified ease without pride. The mean man has pride without a dignified ease.”
― The Analects of Confucius
― The Analects of Confucius
“You have only to rest in inaction and things will transform themselves. Smash your form and body, spit out hearing and eyesight, forget you are a thing among other things, and you may join in great unity with the deep and boundless.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“If you want me again look for me under your boot-soles.”
― Leaves of Grass
― Leaves of Grass
“Doing nothing is better than being busy doing nothing.”
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“This may be illustrated by the Taoist story of a farmer whose horse ran away. That evening the neighbors gathered to commiserate with him since this was such bad luck. He said, “May be.” The next day the horse returned, but brought with it six wild horses, and the neighbors came exclaiming at his good fortune. He said, “May be.” And then, the following day, his son tried to saddle and ride one of the wild horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. Again the neighbors came to offer their sympathy for the misfortune. He said, “May be.” The day after that, conscription officers came to the village to seize young men for the army, but because of the broken leg the farmer’s son was rejected. When the neighbors came in to say how fortunately everything had turned out, he said, “May be.”14”
― Tao: The Watercourse Way
― Tao: The Watercourse Way
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