Being un-original, and grandiloquent and boastful, I shall quote myself:Innocent Bystander wrote:"Originality is the art of concealing one's source" - Oscar Wilde
Then reveal my source:dfernandez77 wrote:We are not great meteors that can obliterate an ocean of misery;
we are tiny pebbles.
Be compassionate and do what you are able.
Be pragmatic and know your control goes no farther than the end of your fingertips.
Practice what is right over that which you have control;
Use what influence you have over that which you have influence.
Every day, cast yourself into life where you can make a small splash;
Be content that the ripples, though small, have influence.
Know you have done what you can,
and become familiar with peace.
老子: 「道德经」: 第九章
持而盈之,不如其已﹔
揣而锐之,不可长保。
金玉满堂,莫之能守﹔
富贵而骄,自遗其咎。
功遂身退,天之道也。
Laozi: "Dao De Jing": Ninth chapter
Fill a cup to its brim and it is easily spilled;
Temper a sword to its hardest and it is easily broken;
Amass the greatest treasure and it is easily stolen;
Claim credit and honor and you easily fall;
Retire once your purpose is achieved - this is natural.
老子: 「道德经」: 第七十一章
知不知,尚矣﹔不知知,病也。
圣人不病,以其病病。
夫唯病病,是以不病。
Laozi: "Dao De Jing": 71st chapter
Who recognizes his limitations is healthy;
Who ignores his limitations is sick.
The sage recognizes this sickness as a limitation.
And so becomes immune.