"The sages of old first got Tao for themselves, and then got it for others. Before you possess this yourself, what leisure have you to attend to the doings of wicked men? Besides, do you know what Virtue results in and where Wisdom ends? Virtue results in a desire for fame; Wisdom ends in contentions. In the struggle for fame men crush each other, while their wisdom but provokes rivalry. Both are baleful instruments, and may not be incautiously used.
Sacred Books Of The Daoism, Confucianism, Buddhism: Tao Te Ching, Chuang Tzu, Analects, The Dhammapada. Classics of Eastern Philosophy
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Lao Tzu
