Hi Andre, or even... *People through finding something beautiful Think something else unbeautiful, Through finding one man fit Judge another unfit. Life and death, though stemming from each other, seem to conflict as stages of change, Difficult and easy as phases of achievement, Long and short as measures of contrast, High and low as degrees of relation; But, since the varying of tones gives music to a voice And what is is the was of what shall be, The sanest man Sets up no deed, Lays down no law, Takes everything that happens as it comes, As something to animate, not to appropriate, To earn, not to own, To accept naturally without self-importance: If you never assume importance You never lose it.*
this the Witter Bynner translation - verse no 2 -KO 2008/10/31 Andre Broersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Hi KO we haven't 'met': > > Am halfway through an interesting book of that name by Matt Ridley. It's a > difficult but enticing read about the apparent contradiction of how > altruistic behaviour can be the most selfish policy. Greedy people are > despised, whereas altruists are praised; but if a friend becomes too > altruistic, too giving, you may advise them to be a little more selfish. As > in the famous 'Prisoner's Dilemma', if other people are altruistic that may > be good for me, but if i am selfish that can also be good for me. The point > of the Prisoner's Dilemma is that we should attract the right partners and > leave the selfish rationalists to their fate. Societies are the inevitable > side-effects of people striving for their own self-interest. The virtuous > attract others who are virtuous for mutual benefit. > > Lao Tsu: > > Therefore having and not having arise together. > Difficult and easy complement eachother. > Long and short contrast eachother; > High and low rest upon eachother; > Voice and sound harmonize eachother; > Front and back follow one another. Therefore the sage goes about doing > nothing, teaching no talking. > The ten thousand things rise and fall without cease, > Creating, yet not possessing, > Working, yet not taking credit, > Work is done, then forgotten, > Therefore it lasts forever. > > For what it's worth > > Andre > Moq_Discuss mailing list > Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. > http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org > Archives: > http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ > http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/ > Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org.uk/pipermail/moq_discuss_archive/
