Category Archives: Being Human

Quotes from the Tao Te Ching #3

Posted on January 9, 2018 by randomyriad

75 Greed People are starving.  The Rich gobble taxes, That’s why the people are starving.   People rebel.  The rich oppress them, that’s why the people rebel.   People hold life too cheap. The rich make it too costly, that … Continue reading →

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Quotes from the Tao Te Ching #2

Posted on January 8, 2018 by randomyriad

From: #67 Three Treasures: I have three treasures, I keep and treasure them. The first, mercy, the second, moderation,  the third, modesty. If you’re merciful you can be brave, If you’re moderate you can be generous, and if you don’t … Continue reading →

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Quotes From The Tao Te Ching #1

Posted on January 8, 2018 by randomyriad

17 Acting Simply True leaders are hardly known to their followers.  Next after them are the leaders the people know and admire; after them, those they fear; after them, those they despise.   To give trust is to get trust. … Continue reading →

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How to Live in The Time Of Monsters

Posted on November 26, 2017 by randomyriad

 … It is indeed my opinion now that evil is never “radical,” that it is only extreme, and that it possesses neither depth nor any demonic dimension. It can overgrow and lay waste the whole world precisely because it spreads … Continue reading →

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A Collage Poem of Random Pieces

Posted on October 30, 2017 by randomyriad

…we’re riddled with pointless talk, insane quantities of words and images. Stupidity’s never blind or mute. So it’s not a problem of getting people to express themselves but of providing little gaps of solitude and silence in which they might eventually find … Continue reading →

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