Tao Te Ching

The Power of Goodness, the Wisdom Beyond Words
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“Philistines, people who are always seriously occupied with realities which are no realities, live without mental needs or intellectual pleasure and think of oysters and champagne as the height of existence. If the luxuries of life are heaped upon them, they will inevitably be bored and seek out remedies like balls, the theater, parties, cards, gambling, horses, women, drinking, traveling and will create a dull, dry kind of life similar to animals.”

Arthur Schopenhauer 1788 – 1860 CE via T. Bailey Saunders, Shan Dao
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