Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“Traveling is s fool's paradise. Those who travel to be amused, or to get something they don't already have, travel away from themselves and grow old even in youth. The soul is no traveler and the wise stay at home except for when duty calls them away. But even when traveling in foreign lands, they are still at home and tour like a missionary of wisdom and virtue visiting people and cities lie a sovereign, not like an interloper or valet.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson 1803 – 1882 CE via Shan Dao
Champion of individualism
from Self Reliance

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