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"How much difference is there between yes and no? How much distance is there between good and bad? What others fear, I must fear. Wildly, endlessly, all men are merry, as though feasting upon beef or sitting on the verandah in the spring sunshine. I alone remain uncommitted, Like an infant who has not yet smiled. I alone seem as mindless as one who has no home to return to. Everyone else has enough and more, Yet I alone seem to be left with nothing. What a fool's mind I have! How muddled I am! Most people seek brightness and clarity. I alone seek dullness and darkness. Most people are imaginative and observant. I alone am stifled and confused. I am as unmoved as the ocean, As ceaseless as the wind high in the sky. Everyone else has something to do; I alone am ignorant and dull. I alone am different from the rest in that I value taking sustenance from the Mother."
Author
Lao TzuAll Translations
"How much difference is there between yes and no? How much distance is there between good and bad? What others fear, I must fear. Wildly, endlessly, all men are merry, as though feasting upon beef or sitting on the verandah in the spring sunshine. I alone remain uncommitted, Like an infant who has not yet smiled. I alone seem as mindless as one who has no home to return to. Everyone else has enough and more, Yet I alone seem to be left with nothing. What a fool's mind I have! How muddled I am! Most people seek brightness and clarity. I alone seek dullness and darkness. Most people are imaginative and observant. I alone am stifled and confused. I am as unmoved as the ocean, As ceaseless as the wind high in the sky. Everyone else has something to do; I alone am ignorant and dull. I alone am different from the rest in that I value taking sustenance from the Mother."
"Ha nem volna tanulás, nem volna bánat sem.* „Igen” és „jól van” egyre megy, vagy mégsem? Jó és rossz között a különbség óriás! Bizony tartani kell attól, amitől tart más! Ó mily zűrzavar! Nincs középpont… A sokaság úgy ragyog, mint ki ül Nagy Áldozati napot, vagy készülne vigalomra, felmenve a Tavasz toronyba… Csak én vagyok mozdulatlan, jósjelet sem látnak rajtam. Mint újszülött, de mosolytalan, sok bolyongástól megfáradtan, mint kinek nincs hova megtérnie. Az én szívem a bolond emberek szíve! Az emberek őriznek sok felesleget, míg „én” elvesztettem mindenemet. Ó mily zűrzavar! Magam vagyok a homály, míg a közönséges ember, ragyogásban áll. A többi ember egyre fürkész és kutat, csak én vagyok, ki egykedvűséget mutat… Hánykolódom, mint a tenger, mint ki nyugalmat sosem nyer. Minden ember talál foglalkozást, csak én vagyok ostoba és semmirevaló… Mert én az Ősanyából táplálkozást vallom, ami mindennél előbbre való."