To be content with what one has is to be rich.
He that works through violence may get his way
 Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching. copy citation

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Author Lao Tzu
Source Tao Te Ching
Topic violence work
Date
Language English
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Note Translated by Arthur Waley
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Context

“As streams and torrents flow into a great river or sea. up 33 To understand others is to have knowledge; To understand oneself is to be illumined. To conquer others needs strength; To conquer oneself is harder still. To be content with what one has is to be rich. He that works through violence may get his way; But only what stays in its place Can endure. When one dies one is not lost, there is no other longevity. up 34 Great Tao is like a boat that drifts; It can go this way; it can go that. The ten thousand creatures owe their existence to it and it does not disown them;” source