Better stop short than fill to the brim.
Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store
of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and
titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done.
This is the way of heaven.
-- Tao Te Ching
Oversharpen the blade, and the edge will soon blunt. Amass a store
of gold and jade, and no one can protect it. Claim wealth and
titles, and disaster will follow. Retire when the work is done.
This is the way of heaven.
-- Tao Te Ching
Related:
- Better stop short than fill to the brim.
- Fill your bowl to the brim
and it will spill.
Keep sharpening your knife
and it will blunt.
Chase after money and security and your heart will never unclench.... - When men lack a sense of awe, there will be disaster. -- Lao Tse, TAO TE CHING: 72
- By letting go, it all gets done. -- Tao Te Ching
- The Tao that can be told is not the eternal Tao.
The name that can be named is not the eternal Name.
-- Lao-Tzu, Tao Te Ching... - The Tao of Programming:
James Geoffrey
Infobooks, 1987
ISBN 0-931137-07-1
This gentle, funny spoof of the "Tao Te Ching" contains much that is
illuminating about the hacker way of thought.
When you have learned to snatch the error code from the trap frame, it will be time for you to leave.... - It's better to retire too soon than too late. -- Charles A. Moshe
- he X that can be Y is not the true X
Yet another instance
of hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references -- a
common humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of
things.
The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao.... - he X that can be Y is not the true X: Yet another instance of
hackerdom's peculiar attraction to mystical references --- a common
humorous way of making exclusive statements about a class of
things.
The template is from the "Tao te Ching": "The Tao which can be spoken of is not the true Tao....
