First Steps and Chinese Throw-Aways

Chinese philosophers always take the easy view of life. They shrink challenges that freak out the rest of us down into pithy one-liners. Take Confucius. Forget the legendary ‘Go To Work On An Egg’ and consider: ‘Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.’ ‘Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.’and the perennially useful: ‘Never give a sword to a man who can't dance.’   The other guy, Laozi (c604-c531 BC) said: ‘A journey of a thousand miles[image error]