number 44 - Tao Te Ching

Fame or Integrity: which is more important?
Money or happiness: which is more valuable?
Success or failure: Which is more destructive?

If you look to others for fulfillment,
you will never be truly be fulfilled.
If you happiness depends on money,
you will never be happy with yourself.

Be content with what you have;
rejoice in the Way things are.
When you realize there is nothing lacking,
the whole world belongs to you.


- Lao Tzu
Tao Te Ching
number 44
translated by Stephen Mitchell
Harper Perennial
1988