People starve
Because the wealthy enrich themselves off other people’s backs
That’s why people starve
People cannot be kept under control
Because their leaders don’t know what they’re doing
That’s why people cannot be kept under control
People want to die
Because they don’t want to live this way
Therefore people want to die
Only the one who is not afraid to live,
Is not [...]
When people no longer fear death
How can one threaten them with it?
But if people are afraid of death and other people threaten to kill them
When they infringe upon the law
Well, who is still going to break the law?
But there is only One who commands life and death
Since people started to decide about life and death [...]
Having guts and being reckless will lead to death
Having guts and being cautious saves life
The first is useless; the other useful
Only one who is wise understands the course of things
Therefore he won’t intervene
It is easy to infringe upon the eternal laws of nature
But they always triumph
They don’t speak, yet they do answer
They don’t yell, yet [...]
When people have forgotten what to be afraid of,
They will live in vague fear
Why do they come to terms with this miserable way of living?
Why don’t they see the beauty of life?
Why are they so scared of escaping their rut?
One who is wise understands this, and won’t flaunt it
He enjoys it but doesn’t consider it [...]
My words are easy to comprehend
And easy to bring to practice
Yet no one in the world wants to surrender to them
And no one feels capable of living according to them
My words have an origin, my way of living a principle
But because the people do not dare to see this
They are not able to understand me
There [...]
One who understands that quarrels will never solve anything,
Won’t start them anymore and prefers to wait
He rather takes a step back or retracts
That’s what people call winning by losing
Showing strength without impressing
Standing firm without starting a fight
Nothing is more disastrous than underestimating your enemy
One who underestimates his enemy exposes oneself to danger
Therefore he who’s driven [...]
