Let life open like a flower and then fall.      Force is not the way at all . . .   Those who would take over the world And shape it to their will Never, I notice, succeed. . . The best general does not plunge headlong Nor is the best soldier a fellow hot to fight. The greatest victor wins without a battle.   This teacher's emphasis is ever on living fully an ordinary life, and of being of service to one's neighbors.    "A person at his best, like water, Serves as he … [Read more...]