Just a couple quotes from Lao Tsu's Tao Te Ching; I find them relevant to my ecopath. Eric Storm These possessions of a simpleton being the three I choose and cherish: To care, to be fare, to be humble. When a man cares he is unafraid, When he is fair he leaves enough for others, When he is humble he can grow. And my favorite: If a land is small and its people are few, With tenfold enough to have and to do, And is no one has schooled them to waste supply In the country for which they live and would die, Then not a boat, not a cart Tempts this people to depart, Not a dagger, not a bow Has to be drawn or bent for show, People reckon by knots in a cord, Relish plain food on the board, Simple clothing suits them well, And they remain content to dwell In homes their customs can afford. Though so close to their own town another town grow They can hear its dog bark and its roosters crow, Yet glad of life in the village they know, Where else in the world shall they need to go?
