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Lao Tzu, Montessori, and the Watercourse Way of Peace
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Twenty-five hundred years ago, an old Chinese sage, Lao Tzu, wrote down eighty-one short verses that became the Tao Te Ching-the book of how things happen. Since then, it has become a revered text of world literature. It posits a way of life based on respecting and trusting the inherent goodness of the natural order (the Tao). When we are in harmony with our deepest and most authentic nature of goodness, we transcend fear and find peace. Lao Tzu says, "She who is centered in the Tao can go wh...
