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" There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition; no calamity greater than to be discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting. Therefore, the sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency. "
The World's Living Religions: An Historical Sketch with Special Reference to ... - Page 134
by Robert Ernest Hume - 1924 - 312 pages
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Progress, Volume 3

1897 - 918 pages
...the dung carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. . I —Ibid., p. SS-So. (4) Traits of the Tao.— The thirty spokes unite in the one nave; but it is on...
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Lucifer: A Theosophical Magazine, Volume 18

Theosophy - 1896 - 540 pages
...is thus free from striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him (xxii. 2). There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition...lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting (xlvi. 2). To those who are good (to mo) I am good ; and to those who are not good (to me) I am also...
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The Ancient Wisdom: An Outline of Theosophical Teachings

Annie Besant - Theosophy - 1897 - 358 pages
...is thus free trom striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him (xxii. 2) . There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition...lot ; no fault greater than the wish to be getting (xlvi. 2). To those who are good (to me) I am good ; and to those who are not good (to me) I am also...
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History of Religions, Volume 1

George Foot Moore - Religions - 1913 - 692 pages
...wise man humbles himself and is exalted, while the aspiring man asserts himself but is not honoured. "There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;...discontented with one's lot; no fault greater than the desire for gain. The sufficiency of contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency." The third...
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The Sacred Books and Early Literature of the East: With Historical Surveys ...

Charles Francis Horne - English literature - 1917 - 454 pages
...all under heaven. CHAPTER XXVI disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. 2. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition...contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency. CHAPTER XLVII27 1. Without going outside his door, one understands all that takes place under the sky...
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THEENCYCLOPEDIA AMERICANA

1920 - 912 pages
...of this exposition, many a gem of insight is brought to light, though often embedded in dull earth. "There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition,...contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency.* Selections from the 'Tao Te King'.— "Therefore the sage, in the exercise of his government, empties...
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The Texts of Taoism, Volume 1

Philosophy - 1962 - 444 pages
...the dung-carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the warhorses breed in the border lands. 2. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition...contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency. ^Q^, 'The Moderating of Desire or Ambition.' The chapter shows how the practice of the Tao must conduce...
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The Tao Te Ching, Eighty-one Maxims from the Father of Taoism

Colin Bradshaw-Jones, Laozi, Lao Tzu - Religion - 2006 - 114 pages
...the dung-carts. When the Tao is disregarded in the world, the war-horses breed in the border lands. There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;...contentment is an enduring and unchanging sufficiency. Chapter 47. Without going outside his door, one understands (all that takes place) under the sky; without...
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The Ancient Wisdom

Annie Besant - Religion - 1897 - 356 pages
...is thus free irorn striving that therefore no one in the world is able to strive with him (xxii. a). There is no guilt greater than to sanction ambition;...lot; no fault greater than the wish to be getting (xlvi. 2). To those who are good (to me) I am good; and to those who are not good (to roe) I am also...
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