Category Archives: Other peoples words

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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Books I Read in 2017

Posted on December 31, 2017 by randomyriad

I am a slow reader with limited attention span so you know if I stuck with a book I was hooked.  January:   audiobook February   MARCH      APRIL     May   JUNE   July     August         September     October   … Continue reading →

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A Little Bit into Christmas

Posted on December 25, 2017 by randomyriad

Giver of Stars Hold your soul open for my welcoming. Let the quiet of your spirit bathe me With its clear and rippled coolness, That, loose-limbed and weary, I find rest, Outstretched upon your peace, as on a bed of … 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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