R. Medeiros > Quotes

“Not to value and employ men of superior ability is the way to keep the people from rivalry among themselves; not to prize articles which are difficult to procure is the way to keep them from becoming thieves; not to show them what is likely to excite their desires is the way to keep their minds from disorder. Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties their minds, fills their bellies, weakens their wills, and strengthens their bones. He constantly (tries to) keep them without knowledge and without desire, and where there are those who have knowledge, to keep them from presuming to act (on it). When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal.”
― R. Medeiros, Taoism: The Fundamental Books: Tao Te Ching, Lieh Tzŭ, Chuang Tzŭ

“The Tao is (like) the emptiness of a vessel; and in our employment of it we must be on our guard against all fulness.”
― R. Medeiros, Taoism: The Fundamental Books: Tao Te Ching, Lieh Tzŭ, Chuang Tzŭ

“The goal of feng-shui, or terrestrial divination, is to discover how energy flows in the land and to live in harmony with it. The oldest form of divination in Taoist practice, it cultivates a sensitivity to the land and advocates a philosophy of living with nature, rather than against it.”
― R. Medeiros, Taoism: The Fundamental Books: Tao Te Ching, Lieh Tzŭ, Chuang Tzŭ