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Good quote. They have similar quote: Before you can lead the world, you must know how to lead a country. Before you can lead a country, you must know how to lead a family. Before you can lead a family, you must know how to behave yourself.
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Do nothing and all will be well.
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Heh. We have a saying in Romania “He who doesn’t work never makes mistakes”. But can we be trully content doing nothing, ever?
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My destiny is to be schizophrenic but my thought is I would like to be a normie. Lao Tsu is wrong with me!
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The current scientific evidence points toward a genetic susceptibility to develop schizophrenia, not a genetic certitude. So maybe the process thoughts -> words -> actions -> habits -> character -> destiny plays a big role in our case too. I say “maybe” because it’s not certain yet. But psychological therapies such as CBT seem to help some people with schizophrenia improve their lives.
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I have plans for life.
My first order of business is to become healthy.
But I will try to implement some plans even without it,
right away.
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Sounds good man.
Take it slow, don’t try to bite more than you can chew. Develop your coping skills and your character step by step. Adhere to a religion if you feel it meets your inner aspirations. Exercise a little bit when you can. Make friends with your parents if possible. Every little detail counts in the grand scheme of things 
I think the road to accomplishments and the road to happiness are often two different roads. But I think you can follow both. This is probably my favorite quote:
“And even to me, as one who is fond of life, it seems that butterflies and soap-bubbles, and whatever is like them among humans, know the most about happiness.”
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This is in the Tao te ching - the Buddhist scriptures. It’s not fair that this can be posted but I’m not allowed to say anything Christian at all. I don’t even disagree with the post. But it’s a double standard and it’s prejudiced against Christianity and it’s not fair. @anon9798425 @SzAdmin @Ninjastar
I’ve heard that same quote credited to many different people. But still like it.
Technically, it’s not Bhuddism. It’s Taoism. But yeah, it is technically religion.
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It would be helpful if, the next time you flag something like this, you include a message about why you flagged it. I didn’t know it was taoist scripture.
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