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4.12 AVERAGE
4.12 AVERAGE
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
Very much enjoyed this translation! Read in a day, which I don’t ever do
Beautiful. It's not a translation so much as a rendition, as she calls it. Would that we all spend some time in the space created by books inspired by mystery and ambiguity.
Nothing particularly earth-shattering but I do pretty much wholesale agree with most of the main points. It’s pretty wise and very amusing to think of a) the swaths of people who can take exception to pretty much every lesson b) the people who find this so tectonic and life-changing that it becomes basically the first and most enduring self-help book ever. It’s massively repetitive. Probably bc this guy doesn’t “cling to his work.” Nice job Lao Tzu.
“Those who know don’t talk. / Those who talk don’t know.”
“Ritual is the husk of true faith, / the beginning of chaos.”
“A good traveler has no fixed plans / and is not intent upon arriving.”
“He who clings to his work / will create nothing that endures.”
“When her work is done, she forgets it. / That is why it lasts forever.”
“He thinks of his enemy / as the shadow that he himself casts.”
“Just realize where you come from: / this is the essence of wisdom.”
“When the will to power is in charge, / the higher the ideals, the lower the results.”
“When they know that they don’t know, / people can find their own way.”
“Those who know don’t talk. / Those who talk don’t know.”
“Ritual is the husk of true faith, / the beginning of chaos.”
“A good traveler has no fixed plans / and is not intent upon arriving.”
“He who clings to his work / will create nothing that endures.”
“When her work is done, she forgets it. / That is why it lasts forever.”
“He thinks of his enemy / as the shadow that he himself casts.”
“Just realize where you come from: / this is the essence of wisdom.”
“When the will to power is in charge, / the higher the ideals, the lower the results.”
“When they know that they don’t know, / people can find their own way.”
adventurous
challenging
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
mysterious
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
There are some good nuggets in this book and love the fact that it is pocket sized. Perfect to keep in my purse.
challenging
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
challenging
informative
inspiring
mysterious
reflective
medium-paced
challenging
reflective
fast-paced