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fame and fortune
which is nearer,
name or self ?
which is dearer,
self or wealth ?
which gives more pain,
loss or gain ?
all you grasp wil be thrown away,
all you grasp will be utterly lost.
contentment keeps disgrace away,
restaint keeps you out of danger,
so you can go on for a long ,long time .....
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but to be brave without compassion,
or generous without selfrestraint.
or not to take lead is fatal.
compasssion wins the battle ,
and holds the fort.
it is the bulwerk set
around those heaven helps .
the lord of slaughter
when normal decent people do not fear death,how can you use death to frighten them.
Even when they have a normal fear of death .
who of us dare take and kill the one who does,nt
when people are normal and decent and death fearing,
theres always an executioner.
to take place of the executioner,
is to take place of the great carpenter.
people who cut the great carpenters wood
seldom get off with their hands unhurt.
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the right fear
when we don't fear what we should fear
we are in a fearful state.
we ought not to live in narrow houses,
we ought not to do stupid work.
if we don't accept stupidity'
we won't act stupidly,
so wise souls know,but do not show themselves .
look after ,but don.t prize themselves
letting one go keeping the other.
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hardness
living people are soft and tender.
corpses are hard and stiff.
the ten thousand things
the living grass,
the trees,
are soft and pliant.
dead
they're dry and brittle .
as hardness and stiffness,
go with death.
tenderness , softness go with life .
and the hard sword falls,
large stiff tree's felled.
the hard ,
the great go under.
the soft and weak stay up ......
in an age when hardness is supposed to be the essence of strength and even the beauty of women is reduced nearly to the bone,one welcomes this reminder that tanks and tombstones are not very adequate role models ,and that to be alive is to be vunerable ..........
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telling it true
true words are not charming,
charming words are'nt true.
good people are not contentious
contentious people are not good
people who know are'nt learned
learned people don't know
wise souls do not hoard
the more they do for others
the more they have .
the more they give the richer they are .
the way of heaven profits without destroying.
doing without outdoing,
is the way of the wise.
Acting simply
true leaders
are hardly known to their followers
next after them are the leaders
the people know and admire;
after them,those they fear;
after the ,those they despise
to give no trust
is to get no trust.
when the work's done right
with no fuss ,or no boasting,
ordinary people say,
oh! ,we did it
this invisble leader
,who gets things done in such a way that people think they did it themselves,
is'nt the one who manipulates others from behind the senes;
just the opposite.
again,it's a matter of 'doing without doing'; uncompetitive
,unworried,
trustful,
accomplishment.
power that is not force.
an example,or analogy might be a very good teacher,
to the truest voice in a group of singers .
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paradoxes
nothing in the world is as soft as,
weak as, as water.
nothing else can wear away,the hard
,the strong,
and remains unaltered.
soft overcomes hard,
weak overcomes strong,
everybody knows it,
but no one uses the knowledge
so the wise say:
by hearing common defilements
you become a scarificer at the altar of earth.
by bearing common evils,you become lord of the world.......
right words sound wrong .....
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greed
people are starving
the rich gobble taxes.
thats why people are starving
people rebel,
the rich oppress them
that,s why people rebel.
people hold life cheap,
the rich make it too costly,
that,s why people hold it cheap.
but those who do not live for the sake of living,
are worth more than the wealth seekers ..
how many hundreds of years ago was this written ,and yet still this must be written in the present tense............
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real power
what's perfectly whole seems flawed
but you can use it forever
what's perfectly full seems empty
but you can't use it up
true straightness looks crooked
great skills looks clumsy
real eloquence seems to stammer
to be comfortable in the cold ,keep moving
to be comfortable in the heat ,hold still to be comfortable in the world,stay calm and clear
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heaven's lead
the best captain doesn't rush in front
the fiercest figher doesn't bluster
the big winner is'nt competeing
the best boss takes a low footing
this is the power of non competition
this is the right use of ability
to follow heaven's lead
has always been the best way ......
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the greatest sin
is die and take the knowledge
rather than pass it on
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the plan
a failure to plan
is a plan for failure
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fear is created though lack of knowledge
knowledge dissapates the fear
with the lack of fear comes strength
with strength comes healing
with healing comes power
with power comes creativity
with creativity comes life...........
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the fisherman can only row one boat at a time
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overcoming
if a persons mind is strong enough to kill them
then surely it has the power to heal them also
so with the rationlisation that the mind is power.........................
then anything is possible .............
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failure
trying is not failure ...........
failure is not trying and forever wondering ......
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chariot
Let the chariot do the work ....
let go of the reins
you do not have the power
feel the horses...hang on to the rails
and let the power of the beasts
take you to your destination
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