The Daily Diatribe: Lao Tzu Baby!

The Daily Diatribe

"In a democracy, human beings may enjoy many personal freedoms and securities . . . but in the end they do them no good, for they too are ultimately victims of the same automatism, they are incapable of defending their concerns about their own identity or preventing their superficialization or transcending concerns about their own personal survival to become proud and responsible members of the polis, making a genuine contribution to the creation of its destiny." -- Vaclav Havel

Sunday, July 12, 2009

Lao Tzu Baby!

Some wisdom for the ages from my spiritual guide . . . LAO TZU! Enjoy!

"In governing a people and in serving Heaven,

There is nothing like frugality.

To be frugal is to return before straying.

To return before straying is to have a double reserve of Virtue.

To have a double reserve of Virtue is to overcome everything.

To overcome everything is to reach an invisible height.

Only he who has reached and invisible height can have a kingdom.

Only he who has got the Mother of a kingdom can last long.

This is the way to be deep-rooted and firm-planted in the Tao.

The secret of long life and lasting vision."

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