I have three treasures which I hold and keep. The first is compassion. The second is frugality. The third is not daring to be ahead of others.

Tao Te Ching · Chapter 67

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Two thousand five hundred years before "burnout" became a word, Lao Tzu was writing about the cost of forcing. The Tao Te Ching, 81 short verses, is the most translated text in human history after the Bible — and the cleanest counter to modern striving still on offer. This page i…

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