Just A Thought ~ ESSENCE RATHER
THAN FORM
“Give up sainthood,
renounce wisdom, and it will be a hundred times better
for everyone. Give up kindness, renounce morality,
and men will rediscover filial piety and love. Give
up ingenuity, renounce profit, and bandits and thieves
will disappear.
These three are outward
forms alone; they are not sufficient in themselves.
It is more important to see the simplicity, to realize
one’s true nature, to cast off selfishness, and temper
desire.”
~ Chapter 19 of The Tao Te Ching,
translated from the Chinese by Gia Fu-Feng and Jane
English ~
The essence is to be discovered by
those who dare to break away and think for themselves.
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