Harkirat Rattol

“Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones. He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal.”
― R. Medeiros, Taoism: The Fundamental Books: Tao Te Ching, Lieh Tzŭ, Chuang Tzŭ

“Pain is strange. A cat killing a bird, a car accident, a fire…. Pain arrives, BANG, and there it is, it sits on you. It’s real. And to anybody watching, you look foolish. Like you’ve suddenly become an idiot. There’s no cure for it unless you know somebody who understands how you feel, and knows how to help.”
― Charles Bukowski, Women

“A warning of the dangers of woolly thinking, and the loss of our capacity to discriminate for fear of offending others. This will lead to the downfall of democracy under the false guise of inclusion.”
― Mario Reading, Nostradamus: The Complete Prophecies for The Future

“The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness.”
― R. Medeiros, Taoism: The Fundamental Books: Tao Te Ching, Lieh Tzŭ, Chuang Tzŭ