Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Lao Tzu

Give up virtue, renounce wisdom;
people will benefit a thousand times.

Give up kindness, renounce morality,
people will embrace love and filial piety.

Give up cleverness, renounce greed,
bandits and thieves will vanish.

--Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching
[excerpt taken from "Thick Face, Black Heart", Chin-Ning Chu]

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