[Community_garden] Philosophies of life

[yarrow at sfo.com]

This sounds a lot like the I Ching and the Tao Te Ching.

At 8:37 AM -0800 12/28/07, Diana Liu wrote:
>Well, ok, since my ancestor wrote the Art of War, 
>(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Art_of_War) I feel that there 
>needs to be some explanations.  :-) The book is not about fighting a 
>war, but how to strategize so that the result is with the least (or 
>minimal) danger and casualties (on both sides).  The most famous 
>quote is probably:
>
>   "So it is said that if you know your enemies and know yourself, 
>you will fight without danger in battles.
>If you only know yourself, but not your opponent, you may win or may lose.
>If you know neither yourself nor your enemy, you will always 
>endanger yourself."