Great accomplishment seems imperfect,
Yet it does not outlive its usefulness.
Great fullness seems empty,
Yet cannot be exhausted.
Great straightness seems twisted.
Great intelligence seems stupid.
Great eloquence seems awkward.
Movement overcomes cold.
Stillness overcomes heat.
Stillness and tranquillity set things in order in the universe.
Daily Tao - October 28th, 2009 If "stillness and tranquility set things in order in the universe."
our true heroes and saviors must be folks we never heard of.
people in monastery cells and hermitages--and elsewhere.
Take a person who is (or is in) solitzry,
put him in touch with Tao,
set her on the eightfold path,
let him know the Kingdom of God is within him,
bring her a shaman from
that small piece of the unified diversity of humanith
that is her own
Bring him or her into inner peace
and she or he will be a savior of the world.
(Oratio....
And let it be for me also
according to thy will.