Read the Tao-te Ching

This certainly is a book of aphorisms, and its knowledge is something to consider, to keep in mind, to recognize, again and again. In addition, there are several translations of this fine work—I intend to read several, compare, and pour over the meaning.

Maybe one day I will be able to read it in the original Chinese.

Wonderful book.

It is wisdom to know others;
It is enlightenment to know one’s self.

The conqueror of men is powerful;
The master of himself is strong.

It is wealth to be content;
It is willful to force one’s way on others.

Endurance is to keep one’s place;
Long life it is to die and not perish.