Failure is an opportunity.
If you blame someone else,
there is no end to the blame.
Therefore the Master
fulfills her own obligations
and corrects her own mistakes.
She does what she needs to do
and demands nothing of others.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Sunday, December 09, 2012
Saturday, October 20, 2012
Chapter 78
Nothing in the world
is as soft and yielding as water
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
is as soft and yielding as water
Yet for dissolving the hard and inflexible,
nothing can surpass it.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Tuesday, October 02, 2012
Chapter 77
As it acts in the world, the Tao
is like the bending of a bow.
The top is bent downward;
the bottom is bent up.
It adjusts excess and deficiency
so that there is perfect balance.
It takes from what is too much
and gives to what isn't enough.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
is like the bending of a bow.
The top is bent downward;
the bottom is bent up.
It adjusts excess and deficiency
so that there is perfect balance.
It takes from what is too much
and gives to what isn't enough.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Chapter 76
Men are born soft and supple;
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
dead, they are stiff and hard.
Plants are born tender and pliant;
dead, they are brittle and dry.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Chapter 75
When taxes are too high,
people go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
people lose their spirit.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
people go hungry.
When the government is too intrusive,
people lose their spirit.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Tuesday, September 04, 2012
Chapter 74
If you realize that all things change,
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve.
there is nothing you will try to hold on to.
If you aren't afraid of dying, there is nothing you can't achieve.
Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Chapter 73
The Tao is always at ease.
It overcomes without competing,
answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned,
accomplishes without a plan.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
It overcomes without competing,
answers without speaking a word,
arrives without being summoned,
accomplishes without a plan.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Monday, March 19, 2012
Chapter 72
When they lose their sense of awe,
people turn to religion.
When they no longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend upon authority.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
people turn to religion.
When they no longer trust themselves,
they begin to depend upon authority.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Monday, February 27, 2012
Chapter 71
My teachings are easy to understand
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you'll fail.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you'll fail.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
Monday, January 02, 2012
Chapter 70
My teachings are easy to understand
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you'll fail.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
and easy to put into practice.
Yet your intellect will never grasp them,
and if you try to practice them, you'll fail.
Translation of the Tao Te Ching by Stephen Mitchel
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