The GB are Taoist...who knew?

by TheWormTower 0 Replies latest social humour

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  TheWormTower

  Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to
  keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles
  which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming
  thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is
  the way to keep their minds from disorder.
  
  Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties
  their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens
  their bones.
  
  He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without
  desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them
  from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from
  action, good order is universal.