Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
Peace is not an absence of war, it is a virtue, a state of mind, a disposition for benevolence, confidence, justice.
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How does the power of non-resistance work? Let's explore the Taoist art of non-resistance, which offers a radically different view of how life works and how to approach it.
[Video Title: The More You Resist, The Worse It Gets | The Taoist Art of Non-Resistance]
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A good man may make the best even of poverty and disease, and the other ills of life; but he can only attain happiness under the opposite conditions.
Is it not better to use what is in thy power like a free man than to desire in a slavish and abject way what is not in thy power?
There is a beginning. There is no beginning of that beginning... There is something. There is nothing.
Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.
Error is just as important a condition of life's progress as truth.
This was an excerpt from the video ‘All I’m Offering is the Truth - The Philosophy of the Matrix.’
The highest, most varied and lasting pleasures are those of the mind.
You are but an appearance, and not absolutely the thing you appear to be.
For example, justice is considered to mean equality, It does mean equality- but equality for those who are equal, and not for all.
How much more grievous are the consequences of anger than the causes of it.
The fish trap exists because of the fish: once you have gotten the meanings, you can forget the words.
Here are 5 benefits of solitude. Which one resonates with you the most?
I am good to people who are good. I am also good to people who are not good. Because Virtue is goodness.
To resist change, to try to cling to life, is therefore like holding your breath: if you persist you kill yourself.
Chaos is rejecting all you have learned. Chaos is being yourself.