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Saturday, 21 June 2008

Laozi 33

知人者智,
自知者明。
勝人者有力,
自勝者強。
知足者富。
強行者有志。
不失其所者久。
死而不亡者,
壽。

He who knows others is learned
He who knows himself is clairvoyant
He who prevails over others has strength
He who prevails over himself has power
He who knows to be contented is rich
He who perseveres will prevail
He who dies, yet is not forgotten
Will live for ever.

Laozi 47

不出戶,
知天下;
不窺牖,見天道。
其出彌遠,
其知彌少。
是以聖人
不行而知,
不見而名,
不為而成。

Not pass one's door
Yet know the world,
Not look through one's windows
Yet see Heaven's ways

The farther one goes
The less one knows

Therefore the wise
Travels not, yet knows
Watches not, yet understands
Acts not, yet succeeds