The sage does not accumulate. The more he does for others, the more he has. The more he gives, the more he possesses.

Tao Te Ching · Chapter 81

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Two thousand five hundred years before "burnout" became a word, Lao Tzu was writing about the cost of forcing. The Tao Te Ching, 81 short verses, is the most translated text in human history after the Bible, and the cleanest counter to modern striving still on offer. This page is…

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