truisms

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 8:56 am

The sage does not hoard. The more he helps others, the more he benefits himself, The more he gives to others, the more he gets himself. The Way of Heaven does one good but never does one harm. The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete.
Lao Tzu

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 8:57 am

The supreme excellence is not to win a hundred victories in a hundred battles. The supreme excellence is to subdue the armies of your enemies without even having to fight them.
Lao Tzu

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 9:00 am

To know yet to think that one does not know is best; Not to know yet to think that one knows will lead to difficulty.

To realize that you do not understand is a virtue; Not to realize that you do not understand is a defect.
Lao Tzu

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 9:02 am

Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained.

Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.
Lao Tzu

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 9:02 am

When you are content to be simply yourself and don't compare or compete, everybody will respect you.
Lao Tzu

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 9:10 am

If you wish that God should speedily give you hearty faith in prayer, strive with all your heart to speak and to do everything in regard to other people sincerely, and never be deceitful in your dealings with them. If you are straightforward and truthful with others, then God will give you straightforwardness and sincere faith also in reference to Himself."
St. John of Kronstadt (My Life in Christ, Part 1; Holy Trinity Monastery pg. 51)

Ekaterina · Post by **Ekaterina** » Fri 19 January 2007 9:12 am

Self-knowledge: Someone asked an old man, "How is it that some say, 'We see visions of angels'?" And he replied, "Blessed is he who always sees his sins."
The Desert Fathers