Tag: Laozi
The Cycle of Violence – A Tao Perspective
My Core Principles: From Cronkite to Communism
For the record, I am not an anarchist; I simply have a deep love of quotes and like to look up their origins. My research often reveals that favorite sayings are frequently misattributed or heavily paraphrased.
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Failure is an opportunity
Patience
The Real Warrior Mindset
Excellent warriors are not violent.
Excellent soldiers are not furious.
Excellent conquerors do not engage.
Excellent leaders of people lower themselves.This is called the virtue of no strife.
Laozi, Tao Te Ching, Chapter 68
This is called the use of people’s capacity.
This is called the union with Heaven.
It is the perfection of the ancients.
Laozi Quotes
Lao Tzu: In war man sinks from his higher to his lower nature
Anti-war essays, poems, short stories and literary excerpts
Lao Tzu
The Way of Life
Translated by Witter Bynner (Thanks to Ken Freeland)
One who would guide a leader of men in the uses of life
Lao Tzu: In war man sinks from his higher to his lower nature
Will warn him against the use of arms for conquest.
Weapons often turn upon the wielder,
An army’s harvest is a waste of thorns,
Conscription of a multitude of men
Drains the next year dry.
Ms. Cat’s Chronicles 
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