If you want to be a great leader,
you must learn to follow the Tao.
Stop trying to control.
Let go of fixed plans and concepts,
and the world will govern itself.
. . .
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchell
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Imagine there's no Heaven
ReplyDeleteIt's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today
Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one
Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world
You may say that I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one
Listen: John Lennon
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Truth is timeless. That which endures finds many voices.
ReplyDeleteOne of the other translations has the following line: "The better known the laws and edicts, the more thieves and robbers there are."
Groups of people will work out right and wrong with more justice than having thousands of rules or laws trying to cover every contingency.
"Free from desire the people themselves become simple."
Small Fish
from Ralph Allen Dale, translation:
ReplyDelete"The more deadly weapons there are,
the more our fears turn us numb."