“True words are not beautiful…

…Beautiful words are not true.”

These words come from a small classic of Chinese philosophy called the Lao Tzu or Tao-te ching consisting of about 5,250 meaningful words written in verse. The book is believed to date from the sixth century BC. More commentaries have been written on it than on any other Chinese classic. It explains the Taoist philosophy and represents a kind of manual of moral truth and … Read the rest