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 [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
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 [...]
Realizing you can’t know anything, is wise One who does not understand he can’t know anything, is insane One who realizes his insanity, Is able to get rid of it One who is wise is not insane anymore, Because he has disposed of his insanity Therefore he has a clear view
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 [...]
