Those Who Know Do Not Say

Those who know do not say those who say do not know. Close the senses, shut the doors; blunt the sharpness, resolve the complications; harmonize the light, assimilate the world. This is called mysterious sameness It cannot be made familiar, yet cannot be estranged; it...

When People Are Born – Tao Te Ching

When people are born they are supple and when they die they are stiff. When trees are born they are tender and when they die they are brittle. Stiffness is thus a companion of death, flexibility a companion of life. So when an army is strong it does not prevail. When...