Friday, 23 February 2018

The best way to control people: a quote from Shunryu Suzuki, plus an original commentary

The best way to control people: a quote from Shunryu Suzuki

Even though you try to put people under control, it is impossible. You cannot do it. The best way to control people is to encourage them to be mischievous. Then they will be in control in a wider sense. To give your sheep or cow a large spacious meadow is the way to control him. So it is with people: first let them do what they want, and watch them. This is the best policy. To ignore them is not good. That is the worst policy. The second worst is trying to control them. The best one is to watch them, just to watch them, without trying to control them.


Wandering Ronin commentary: God damn it... I give up.



Submitted February 24, 2018 at 02:59AM by WanderingRonin77 http://ift.tt/2otm5td

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