“If we could renounce and do away with wisdom, knowledge, religion and cleverness then it would be a hundred times better for everyone Do away with morals and justice and people will begin to do the right things Give up the desire for wealth, and thieves and robbers will disappear These three forms of governing are insufficient”
― Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A Translation: An Ancient Philosophy For The Modern World
― Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A Translation: An Ancient Philosophy For The Modern World
“The Sage satisfies his inner desires with what cannot be seen, not with the external temptations of the world”
― Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A Translation: An Ancient Philosophy For The Modern World
― Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu A Translation: An Ancient Philosophy For The Modern World
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