"When many people are killed, they should..." - Quote by Lao Tzu

“I have just three things to teach: simplicity, patience, compassion. These three are your greatest treasures.”

“In ancient times, those who followed the Way did not try to give people knowledge thereof, but kept them ignorant.”

“Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on a counterfeit nature.”

“Certain beliefs must accompany every action: One should act without selfishness, cultivate compassion for all living things, and develop respect for others.”

“Nature [has] implanted in our breasts a love of others, a sense of duty to them, a moral instinct, in short, which prompts us irresistibly to feel and to succor their distresses.”

“But the question is, do we care enough? Do we care enough to keep standing up for the country that we know is possible, even if it's hard, and even if it's politically uncomfortable? Do we care enough to sustain the passion and the pressure to make our communities safer and our country safer? Do we care enough to do everything we can to spare other families the pain that is felt here today?”

“The time you spend grieving over a man should never exceed the amount of time you actually spent with him.”

“It is of no avail to know what is about to happen; for it is a sad thing to be grieved when grief can do no good.”

“it is strange how the dead leap out on us at street corners, or in dreams”