Book 2, Chapter 46

Wanting Less

People :

Author : Laozi (Lao-Tzu)

Translator : Ursula K. Le Guin

Text :

When the world’s on the Way,
they use horses to haul manure.
When the world gets off the Way,
they breed warhorses on the common.

The greatest evil: wanting more.
The worst luck: discontent.
Greed’s the curse of life.

To know enough’s enough
is enough to know.

From : TheAnarchistLibrary.org.

Chronology :

November 06, 2021 : Book 2, Chapter 46 -- Added.

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