“When we treat man as he is we make him worse than he is.
When we treat him as if he already was what he potentially could be
We make him what he should be.”
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When we treat him as if he already was what he potentially could be
We make him what he should be.”
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“I've heard my teacher say, where there are machines, there are bound to be machine worries; where there are machine worries, there are bound to be machine hearts. With a machine heart in your breast, you've spoiled what was pure and simple; and without the pure and simple, the life of the spirit knows no rest.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
“When men do not forget what can be forgotten but forget what cannot be forgotten - that may be called true forgetting.”
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
― The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu
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