Richard E. Ward

A virtuous person promotes agreement. A person without virtue promotes blame. - Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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Ordinary people think the “Great Tao” is actually useless. That everyone thinks it is useless, is proof of how great it is. If it was the kind of thing ordinary people thought was useful, it would have disappeared long ago. - Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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Heaven and earth are like a set of bellows. Although empty, they are endlessly productive. The more you work them, the more they produce. The mouth, on the other hand, becomes exhausted if you talk too much. Better to keep your thoughts inside you. - Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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The “Tao” is too great to be described by the name “Tao”. If it could be named so simply, it would not be the eternal Tao. -Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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The softest thing can overcome the hardest, Formless, it can enter where there are no gaps or space. -Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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Living plants are flexible, In death, they become dry and brittle. Therefore, stubborn people are disciples of death, but Flexible people are disciples of life. -Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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A good person is a bad person’s teacher. A bad person is a good person’s work. It is a grave mistake to disrespect your teacher. It is a grave mistake not to love your work. This is an important insight. -Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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No disaster is worse than being discontented. No omen (for your future) worse than being greedy. Yet, if you can find (true) contentment, it will last forever. -Lao Tzu Link to this post!
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Tomorrow, you promise yourself, will be different. Yet, tomorrow is too often a repetition of today. Chapter 21: Start Now Part IV: Plan for Development The Management of Time by James T. McCay with a new Introduction and Appreciation co-authored by Richard E. Ward Personal Coach, Guide & Sounding Board Link to this post!
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